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Film / 2017
Chasing Trane
Directed by
John Scheinfeld
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
The story
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
Cast
Denzel WashingtonJohn Coltrane (voice)
Antonia AndrewsSelf - Stepdaughter
Bill ClintonSelf - Politician
Michelle ColtraneSelf - Stepdaughter
Oran ColtraneSelf - Son
Ravi ColtraneSelf - Son
CommonSelf - Musician
John DensmoreSelf - Musician
Yasuhiro FujiokaSelf - Coltrane's Collector
Osaharu FukushimaSelf - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966)
Benny GolsonSelf - Musician
Jimmy HeathSelf - Musician
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Ashley KahnSelf - Biographer
Wynton MarsalisSelf - Musician
Lewis PorterSelf - Musician
Ben RatliffSelf - Music Critic
Sonny RollinsSelf - Musician
Carlos SantanaSelf - Musician
Wayne ShorterSelf - Musician
McCoy TynerSelf - Musician
Kamasi WashingtonSelf - Musician
Cornel WestSelf - Philosopher
Reggie WorkmanSelf - Musician
Alice ColtraneSelf - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
John ColtraneSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Miles DavisSelf - Musician (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
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