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201486 minPGdocumentary

7.1/ 10(16 ratings)• TMDB

Keep On Keepin' On

201486 minPGdocumentary

7.1/ 10(16 ratings)• TMDB

A jazz legend mentors a blind pianist as health challenges loom.

“Their love of music inspired the friendship of a lifetime.”

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A jazz legend mentors a blind pianist as health challenges loom.

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Alan Hicks

Alan Hicksdirector

Davis Coombewriter

Alan Hicks

Alan Hickswriter

Clark Terry

Clark Terrycast

Justin Kauflincast

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Eighty-nine year old trumpeting legend Clark Terry has mentored jazz wonders like Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but Terry’s most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year-old blind piano player with uncanny talent, but debilitating nerves. As Justin prepares for the most pivotal moment in his budding career, Terry’s ailing health threatens to end his own.

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