Keep on Keepin’ On is a poignant if slow meditation on music, life, and legacy.

| Sep 14, 2022

Keep On Keepin' On is all about taking the past to inform the present and enrich the future.

| Original Score: A | Jul 16, 2020

Keep On Keepin' On is a delight.

| Jun 22, 2019

Keep On Keepin' On is a testament to the power of music and how, in the right hands, it can truly change the world.

| Nov 8, 2018

Keep on Keepin' On does convey the artistry of jazz, and is full of musical pleasures. But more than that, it conveys the generous spirit of friendship, and a way of living that stays resilient and joyful in the face of life's trials.

| Aug 28, 2018

[A] moving, observant documentary about the relationship between the ailing 93-year-old legend and master trumpeter Clark Terry and Justin Kauflin, a blind pianist Terry successfully mentored.

| Jan 12, 2015

Terry's enveloping warmth, wisdom and good nature give the Oscar-shortlisted documentary much of its energy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 12, 2015

This infectious jazz doco will leave you feeling a little more content than Whiplash.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2015

One of the year's most affecting documentaries

| Jan 1, 2015

[an]ongoing conversation between these two remarkable artists whose superficial differences are dissolved by a genuinely encouraging love.

| Original Score: 89/100 | Dec 31, 2014

There's no need to be a jazz aficionado to enjoy this story, as the film is not just a description of music icon but a rare chance at seeing, in reality, both the beginning and the end of a highly unlikely dream.

| Dec 19, 2014

Two jazz musicians, one Hall of Fame legend Terry Clark, the other his struggling protege, are handed all kinds of physical obstacles, but both live life with great joy...

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 5, 2014

"Keep on Keepin' On" might document the passing of a musical torch from one century to the next, but for one sticking point: The first torch plain refuses to go out.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 4, 2014

You don't have to be a jazz-head to be drawn in and empathize with the documentary "Keep on Keepin' On."

| Nov 21, 2014

What really makes Keep On Keepin' On such a heart-tugging, three-handkerchief crowd pleaser is that at heart, it's a buddy movie.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 21, 2014

The only danger with a movie like this is the inevitably disappointing return to more humdrum reality once it ends.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 20, 2014

Terry produced some of the happiest sounds in the history of jazz; Keep on Keepin' On keeps the smiles coming.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 14, 2014

As joyful as a jumping jazz riff, Keep on Keepin' On is an inspiring story of devotion, dedication and multi-generational friendship.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 13, 2014

'Your mind is a powerful asset,' Terry tells Kauflin early in the film, and we realize this is a man who creates the 'happiest sound in jazz' even without his trumpet

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 13, 2014

Steadily a portrait emerges of a man who is an inspiration as much for his character as for his talent.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 13, 2014