Jazz and music promoter/NYC restauranteur Michael Dorf adds heat to the Thomas Chapin film’s Kickstarter campaign with a $10,000 pledge. A generous offer from a man who has made his mark in New York. Help make this really important film come to light and start a pledge however big or small now! Michael Dorf, founder of New York City’s old Knitting Factory and City Winery, pledged $10,000 in the final hours of the Thomas Chapin film’s  45-day Kickstarter.com campaign, which ends at 11:45 a.m. today, Eastern Standard Time. Dorf was the lateThomas Chapin’s friend and promoter in the  80’s and 90’s and put him on his “Knitting Factory” record label, as well as on the big jazz stages in Europe. “Email  everyone, tell them I am pledging $10,000 today and  am challenging them to put up the rest. Let’s get this film done!” Dorf  told filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo. She launched this online  fundraising campaign to raise the $50,000 needed to shoot her  film this summer. “With just hours to go at Kickstarter, I believe we will see all the backers we need step up to meet Michael’s  awesome challenge,” says Castillo. “There’s a very strong will out there to see  this NYC legend’s story and music shared with the world!” 

Ask a New Yorker is putting out the call to join Michael, and back the film at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/290658030/night-bird-song-the-thomas-chapin-story.”