The film, which premiered in 2003 at the TriBeCa Film Festival, includes interviews with, among others, Amiri Baraka, Gregory Hines, Nat Hentoff, Quincy Jones, Branford Marsalis, Doc Cheatham, Joe Williams, and George Wein.
During Hinton's seven-decade career he performed with myriad great musicians, including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Barbara Streisand, and almost all of the jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie (with whom he played in Cab Calloway's band).
Keeping Time is presented as part of PBS's Independent Lens series; check local listings for details.