Carol Bash Interview by Monk Rowe - 4/2/2012 - Clinton, NY

Filmmaker Carol Bash, the founder and president of Paradox Films, speaks about the challenges and rewards of producing documentaries. During the recording of this interview she was in the process of making final edits for the production of "Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band."
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[@joecaroselli5858]

Marvelous interview. Carol has such a lovely decorous, intelligent way about her; and of course, it's brought out to the fullest by one of the supreme interviewers, Monk. I love the way they both balanced the general central components of making a documentary with talking about the lady herself...Miss Williams.

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I actually had the pleasure of meeting Mary Lou Williams. I was a Junior in college working at our university radio station and was the producer and engineer of a jazz program. The host, Jack McKinney, interviewed Miss Williams and we also played some of her recordings. This was about 1974. I remember her to have been charming and unpretentious, and she certainly did not mince words!!! Anyway, this was such a marvelous conversation with two highly dedicated people in their respective fields. Bravo.

[@filliusjazzarchive]

Thank you for the positive feedback Joe. You might enjoy our podcast, “Jazz Backstory,” based on excerpts from these interviews. It is available on major podcast providers. Monk

[@joecaroselli5858]

@@filliusjazzarchive Thank you, Monk. I will watch it. I'm sure that it is fascinating. Keep doing the superb job that you're doing, Monk.