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Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon
Green Hills Cinema- Theater 14
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 2:30 PM
Who is Jack Sheldon? You may remember him as Merv Griffin's trumpet-wielding sidekick, or the indelible voice of School House Rock ('I'm just a bill. Yes I'm only a bill'), but musicians know him as a jazz giant. Unlike his close friend and collaborator, Chet Baker, Jack Sheldon survived the demons of drugs, alcohol and unspeakable personal tragedy. As friend Billy Crystal puts it, Jack Sheldon is the, 'last cat standing' from the bebop generation. Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon features on-camera interviews with Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal, Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, and Johnny Mandel among others, along with historic footage with Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and other legends. Penny Peyser and Doug McIntyre's award-winning Trying to Get Good examines the eternally dissatisfied soul of a musical perfectionist and his quest to just 'figure things out' ? both musically and personally.


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Directed By: Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser

Screenwriter: Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser
Year: 2008
Running Time: 90 min
Format: Color and BW
Language: English
Producer: Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser
Cinematographer: John Gannon
Editor: Matt McUsic
Cast: Jack Sheldon, Chet Baker, Billy Crystal, Dom Deluise, Clint Eastwood, Merv Griffin, Leonard Maltin, Johnny Mandel, Mark Rydell
In Attendance: Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser
Who is Jack Sheldon? You may remember him as Merv Griffin's trumpet-wielding sidekick, or the indelible voice of School House Rock ('I'm just a bill. Yes I'm only a bill'), but musicians know him as a jazz giant. Unlike his close friend and collaborator, Chet Baker, Jack Sheldon survived the demons of drugs, alcohol and unspeakable personal tragedy. As friend Billy Crystal puts it, Jack Sheldon is the, 'last cat standing' from the bebop generation. Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon features on-camera interviews with Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal, Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, and Johnny Mandel among others, along with historic footage with Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and other legends. Penny Peyser and Doug McIntyre's award-winning Trying to Get Good examines the eternally dissatisfied soul of a musical perfectionist and his quest to just 'figure things out' ? both musically and personally.