G'day!

Hope you are doing well. It has been an extremely busy year so far for us. We have been working on our documentary full time and are pleased to announce the release of our new trailer. Here it is:

https://vimeo.com/40281216

We are so grateful for your involvement and would love to hear what you think of the trailer.

Cheers,

Al and Ad.

G'day Kickstarters.

Just wanted to give you an update on our progress with our film “Keep On Keepin’ On”

We are glad to announce that thanks to your pledges on Kickstarter, we have been able to successfully finish the shooting phase of the documentary. We are now entering the beginning stage of postproduction. So we can’t thank you enough!

Some other exciting news is that our last day of shooting was at Quincy Jones’s house. We recorded a beautiful heartfelt interview with Quincy, which will be a major feature in the film. When Quincy entered the room he was holding Clark’s Autobiography and he said to me “Clark’s book is so beautiful. I cried man. We’ve been best friends for 65 years!”

Other news, I have just spent the past five days at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. It has been a very amazing experience and was a great way to generate some buzz about our film. I am in the process of trying to find a very talented editor that can commit to the project. Our intention is to submit the film in time for the next Sundance Film Festival.

Some other great news is that Clark’s health has been improving. To keep updated with Clark please check out his blog:

http://clarkterry.com/#/news-blog/  

If you feel like sending him some love you can send him a message via his guest book:

http://clarkterry.com/#/guestbook/

Clark’s wife Gwen reads him the messages daily.

His book has received some great reviews. You can go to http://clarkterry.com and click on “The Book” to read about them. If you’ve read his autobiography, please write a comment about it in his Guest Book as shown above. He really enjoys hearing your messages.

Thanks again for your continued support and we will be sure to keep you updated

Cheers,

Al & Ad.

Below is Al with Quincy Jones (holding the Clark Terry Autobiography) after his interview for "Keep On Keepin' On."

We regret to inform you that the great valve trombonist, writer and arranger, Bob Brookmeyer, unfortunately passed away last week. He was a dear friend of Clark Terry's and also a Kickstarter backer for our project, "Keep On Keepin' On." He will be sorely missed but his music will live on forever.

Here are a couple of links for tributes to Mr. Brookmeyer

http://clarkterry.com/#/news-blog/

http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/celebration-remembering-a-tribute-to-bob-brookmeyer/

Also, a great album to check out that features Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer in their prime is "The Power of Positive Swinging."

Cheers,

Success!!!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much for all of your support. It means so much to us that so many people care enough about this film to reach into their back pocket and personally support our documentary. We won't let you down!

Now is where the fun starts. Because you are a backer of our project we will be sending you updates on the progress along the way. This will including behind the scenes pics, Videos and more question time with the great Clark Terry.

We will also be in contact with you to make sure your rewards get to you safe and sound.

We fly out to Virginia in a couple of days to film with Justin, then down to Arkansas to film with Clark, then to New York for some interviews then back out to LA to plan the next leg.

Again, Thank you so much and we will be in touch shortly.

Cheers,

Al & Ad