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Chasing Trane

2017

1h 39m

7.28

Documentary, Music

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 Washington

John Coltrane (voice)

Bill Clinton

Self - Politician

Ravi Coltrane

Self - Son

Common

Self - Musician

John Densmore

Self - Musician

Benny Golson

Self - Musician

Jimmy Heath

Self - Musician

Wynton Marsalis

Self - Musician

Sonny Rollins

Self - Musician

Carlos Santana

Self - Musician

Wayne Shorter

Self - Musician

McCoy Tyner

Self - Musician

Cornel West

Self - Philosopher

Alice Coltrane

Self - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage)

John Coltrane

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Miles Davis

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)

Antonia Andrews

Self - Stepdaughter

Michelle Coltrane

Self - Stepdaughter

Oran Coltrane

Self - Son

Yasuhiro Fujioka

Self - Coltrane's Collector

Osaharu Fukushima

Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966)

Ashley Kahn

Self - Biographer

Lewis Porter

Self - Musician

Ben Ratliff

Self - Music Critic

Kamasi Washington

Self - Musician

Reggie Workman

Self - Musician

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