This was one of the most enjoyable documentaries I have seen. It made me smile a lot. This film is about two jazz musicians: the legendary trumpeter Clark Terry, and a prodigious blind pianist Justin Kauflin. But more than that, this film is about their mentor-mentee relationship. Though born 66 years apart, the two of them bond over a love of jazz, Terry's desire to impart his knowledge upon a protege, and Terry's failing eyesight in his old age. The filmmaker gets intimate footage inside the Arkansas home of Terry, filming late-night practice sessions. Terry teaches Kauflin old riffs and melodies by singing them to him as he lays in bed, and Kauflin plays them back perfectly on his keyboard with his guide dog at his side. It is a touching story of an unlikely friendship with great music.
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