The slow but effective process by which Mother Nature fashions a jewel in the earth is an object lesson in nurturing creative musical talent to the luster attained by pianist Barbara Carroll. This comely and swinging young woman has moulded her years of Conservatory training with a life-long dedication to the essentials of jazz interpretation, and has rightfully earned her status as “The First Lady of the Piano.” In her SESAC debut, ‘Why Not?’ she attains the epitome of her craft in company with bassist Alan Mack and drummer Joe Boppo. Going back more than a decade, the Barbara Carroll sound has proven a most durable commodity in the capricious business of record sales and nightclub entertaiment. Close to a dozen albums by the thoroughly schooled Miss Carroll have enjoyed steady sales throughout the country as she exhibits a sure-fisted and persuasive technique which has delighted the nation’s jazz coterie. Happily, her talents are respected in every quarter of the music business, and she has won rave acclaim from such divergent sources as the London, Ontario Free Press and the hyper-sophisticated ‘Time’ magazine. Her club work, coupled with frequent radio, televison and jazz festival appearances, have notched Barbara Carroll and her group as one of the foremost musical attractions in the helter-skelter world of brief engagements and one-night stands.