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Three Wishes

The Baroness inquired of Jimmy Wilkins as to what his three wishes would be and he responded by saying:

1. “I wish my first wife would hurry up and give me a fu**ing divorce.”
2. “I wish I could put my day gig down and play some music.”
3. “I wish I was rich.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Frankie Dunlop told Pannnica that his three wishes would be:

1. “I wish I was rich.”
2. “Did you see that little girl I was talking to over at the bar? I sure wish we could get together.”
3. “I hope my jazz-pantomime act will make a big boom all over the nation.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Nica asked Jual Curtis what his three wishes would be and he replied:

1. “To be straight as far as work is concerned.”
2. “To be able to play.”
3. “To have peace of mind.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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When the Baroness asked Art Davis what he would have as his three wishes he said:

1. “Tho be successful and to help people.”
2. “To have anything and everything I want.”
3. “To be loved and admired by everyone.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Herbie Mann responded to Nica’s question of three wishes with the following:

1. “That all these nuts should quit messing around these goddamn bombs! Otherwise: forget it.”
2. “I think I’d like to be independently wealthy as far as money goes, and be free to play what I want, when I want to, and not have to worry about what people worry about.”
3. “I’d like everybody to mean what they say they mean about non-discrimination.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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