Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon May 30th

Compelling and Highly Entertaining of the Consummate Musician, Irrepressible Comedian, and Ultimate Jazz Survivor, Jack Sheldon.
Leonard Maltin-Entertainment Tonight

Laugh-filled
Tony Gieske-Hollywood Reporter

An inspiration to all of us who try to get better at what we do.
Stacy Keach-Golden Globe Winner

Maybe you know him as Merv Griffin's trumpet playing sidekick or as the indelible voice of Conjunction Junction and “I'm Just a Bill" from School House Rock, but Jack Sheldon is so much more.

One of the founders of the West Coast Sound in Jazz, he is an American treasure, a triple threat performer whose virtuosity on the horn is matched on;y by his distinctive voice and ribald humor. From Sinatra to the Simpson's, from dingy gin mills to Carnegie Hall, Jack Sheldon is one of the unheralded giants of American music....until now!

Trying To Get Good exposes Hollywood's best kept secret - when the stars come out to play, it's Jack Sheldon who plays for them. The film takes a look deep inside the eternally tormented soul of an artist who's not just “trying to get good" on the trumpet, but in his life as well.

Bialystock & Bloom Theatrical Productions and February Films proudly present a feature-length documentary.
TRYING TO GET GOOD: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon.

EXCLUSIVE LOS ANGELES ENGAGEMENT!
OPENS MAY 30th through JUNE 19th
At the historic CREST THEATER in Westwood, California
Four Shows Daily: 3PM, 5PM, 7PM, 9PM

Q&A, Meet the filmmakers after each 7pm screening! Written, produced and directed by actress, Penny Peyser, (The In-Laws / Crazy Like a Fox) and Doug McIntyre, TV & Film writer/ producer and host of the McIntyre in the Morning on Talk Radio 790 KABC in Los Angeles.

Cast
Jack Sheldon, Clint Eastwood, Billy Crystal, Merv Griffin, Chris Botti, Dom Deluise, Alan Bergman, Johnny Mandel, Tierney Sutton, others.

Festivals Palm Beach International Film Festival, Indianapolis Film Festival, Kanas City Jubilee Festival, Mendocino Film Festival, Newport beach Film Festival. Trying To Get Good: the Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon opens an Exclusive Engagement at the close of the Los Angeles Film Festival in Westwood and the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.

For more information on the film use the website.
The Westwood Crest Theater
1262 Westwood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Just south of Wilshire Blvd.

$2 validated parking available at:
AMPCO Parking 10866 Wilshire Blvd.
(enter on Glendon)
Box office: (310) 474-7866