Alan Hicks
Alan Hicks was born and raised in Wollongong, Australia. After completing high school, Al accepted a full scholarship to William Paterson University in New Jersey for Music/Jazz Studies. As a professional drummer Al spent the next several years traveling with various bands while also performing and studying with jazz legend Clark Terry. In 2009, al...
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Alan Hicks was born and raised in Wollongong, Australia. After completing high school, Al accepted a full scholarship to William Paterson University in New Jersey for Music/Jazz Studies. As a professional drummer Al spent the next several years traveling with various bands while also performing and studying with jazz legend Clark Terry. In 2009, along with his close friend Adam Hart, Al began the filming of his first feature "Keep On Keepin' On" based on the life of Clark Terry, Terry's teaching legacy, and his latest protégé Justin Kaufflin. Keep On Keepin' On premiered to rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2014, winning the Audience Award. Al was also honored with Tribeca Film Festival's Best New Documentary Director Award. Show less «
[on winning award at TFF 2014] Mate, that's unbelievable. I was just honored to get into the Festival in the first place. Never would have i...Show more »
[on winning award at TFF 2014] Mate, that's unbelievable. I was just honored to get into the Festival in the first place. Never would have imagined coming away with the audience award and the Best New Director award. I'm just stoked! I don't have any other words in my vocab, I'm just stoked! It was a dream of mine to premiere at Tribeca and that in itself was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had. This warm response to the film is such an honor and I'm so happy to get Clark's story out to the world the way that we have. Clark will be so happy. Show less «
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