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Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon

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Jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon perseveres through substance abuse and personal tragedy.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Despite -- or, perhaps, because of -- his cult status, Sheldon makes a compelling centerpiece for the lively, nostalgic documentary Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon. Rated: 4/5 May 30, 2008 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Beautifully photographed with an impossible to forget score. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 26, 2020 Full Review James C. Taylor L.A. Weekly Production values are rough, but the lack of polish serves both Sheldon's raffish, off-color persona and the film's argument that L.A. jazz is still alive in small nightclubs, not something confined to a much-mythologized past. Jun 5, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon perseveres through substance abuse and personal tragedy.
Director
Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser
Screenwriter
Doug McIntyre, Penny Peyser
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 30, 2008, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.7K
Runtime
1h 30m