Carol Sloane March 5, 1937 - January 23, 2023
We invite you to help preserve Carol’s legacy.
In June 2020, Carol Sloane suffered a stroke at her apartment near Boston. Sensing "something coming on," she called 911 and was soon rushed by ambulance to the hospital. Not one of her friends or close contacts had a clue what had happened or where she was. It would be a week later, through a series of coincidences, that a close friend would locate her and learn of the circumstances. Carol remained in hospitals and at a healthcare/rehabilitation center in Stoneham, MA, for her remaining days.
Speech and mobility became more difficult during 2022. The severe arthritis in her hands and fingers meant that Carol was no longer able to write, type or participate in social media. In-person visits and daily mail received became her main forms of communicating with friends and fans, with postcards and letters received bringing her great joy. On my final conversation with Carol, the week before her passing, she softly whispered in broken speech, “I haven’t had this much fan mail in fifty years,” referring to voluminous mail she had begun to receive from persons who’d seen preliminary screenings of the documentary in early January 2023.
Carol passed away 30 days prior to her film’s world premiere.
The current funding campaign is to support the costs of broadened music rights and licensing, to permit us to expand the film’s availability outside of our current festivals-only limitations. Our goal is to make SLOANE: A JAZZ SINGER available for screening at art house cinemas, for use by nonprofit arts & cultural organizations and university and educational institutions, and to make the film publicly accessible on an appropriate streaming platform. Every tax-deductible dollar contributed helps us reach this challenge. We invite you to join the team in bringing SLOANE: A JAZZ SINGER to audiences everywhere. As Carol sings, “I know a place where dreams are made...” Thank you for your support.
Your Foster Care for a Song by Carol Sloane
Carol Sloane’s story, in life and on film, is a story enriched by some of the most beloved musical standards of the era. The Great American Songbook is her playlist. The “songs I have lived” tell her story.
Costs of music licensing is our greatest single expense in producing this documentary. Through our “Foster a Song” campaign, we invite those who know and love Carol Sloane to help bring her story to the finish line. SLOANE • A JAZZ SINGER is a film about a life in music and Carol Sloane’s lifelong effort to keep that music alive.
Choose Your Level of Support
Donors may help foster a song through tax-deductible contributions in any amount as outlined in the following categories:
$25.00 - $99.00: A Great Chord
$100.00 - $249.00: What an Intro
$250.00 - $499.00: That Stunning Verse
$500.00 - $1,499.00: The Final Chorus
$1,500.00 - $2,999.00: One More Encore
At contribution levels of $5,000 & above, donors may sponsor a chosen song title designated, with contributor acknowledgment noted per-song title in the film’s closing credits.
Contributions may be made by check or online by credit card. Checks should be made payable to Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc./SLOANE and mailed to Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation, P.O. Box 879, Clayton, NC 27528. Click here to make payment online by credit card. With either choice, please complete the Donor Form and follow instructions provided. The form will guide you step-by-step through the process. Contributions are tax-deductible.
I join with my co-producing team, filmmaker/director Michael Lippert, attorney L. Taylor Arnold, and associate producers Donna Campbell and Georgann Eubanks, in offering our sincere thanks for your valuable support. Don’t hesitate to contact me with any comments or questions. I’d be excited to hear from you. I’m at 919.614.1235; email to stephen@goingbarefoot.com. The producing team will continue to be in touch with you as a donor – and as a treasured friend we’ll hope to see at an upcoming screening!
P.S. Near the end of the film as Carol makes her way to Birdland, Carol remarks that all she wants is just one more SRO room to play, one more “real” standing ovation, hearing one more loving “Encore!” from the crowd… “I’m not too old, and it’s not too late.”
And she gets it, SRO & all.
Select Your Song – The Music Menu
For contributions in amounts of $5,000 and above, select the song you prefer to foster. Donor attribution will appear alongside your chosen title in the film’s closing credits. Indicate your selected song title on the drop-down menu on the Donor Form. Contact us with any questions or for more information.
Select Your SongOur Nonprofit Charitable Organization Partner
The Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation: Partnering Fiscal Agent SLOANE • A JAZZ SINGER
The producing team for the forthcoming feature-length documentary film about jazz vocalist and recording artist Carol Sloane is honored and grateful to join with the Clayton Cultural Arts Foundation as its partnering official non-profit fiscal agent for the public funding campaign to help bring this special film to viewers everywhere. This is a very special and personal partnership for Carol and our team, as The Clayton Center hosted what would become Carol Sloane’s final live concert performance. In October of 2019, Carol appeared with the late acclaimed Emmy-winning composer and pianist Mike Renzi in a duo jazz recital entitled “Two for the Road.” Read More