Three Wishes

When Pannonica asked Julian Euell (misspelled in book as Yuell) what his three wishes he was at no loss for words:

1. “To be able to develop fully as a musician. I don’t want to be the top bass player, but to get close to myself.”
2. “To be able to keep practicing with good health and energy.”
3. “If one and two worked, I wouldn’t have to worry about security for my family, so for three I would like for club owners and record studios to become aware of acoustics, and to be able to hear how musicians really sound. If they can’t hear each other and themselves, they lose intimacy. And the same goes for audiences: why can’t they be like Carnegie Hall? You take a solo, project yourself, and then… they haven’t understood. This kills a guy.”

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

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