Chasing Trane
7.246
99 minutes
4/14/2017
Overview
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 List
Denzel Washington
as John Coltrane (voice)
Antonia Andrews
as Self - Stepdaughter
Bill Clinton
as Self - Politician
Michelle Coltrane
as Self - Stepdaughter
Oran Coltrane
as Self - Son
Ravi Coltrane
as Self - Son
Common
as Self - Musician
John Densmore
as Self - Musician
Yasuhiro Fujioka
as Self - Coltrane's Collector
Osaharu Fukushima
as Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966)
Benny Golson
as Self - Musician
Jimmy Heath
as Self - Musician
Ashley Kahn
as Self - Biographer
Wynton Marsalis
as Self - Musician
Lewis Porter
as Self - Musician
Ben Ratliff
as Self - Music Critic
Sonny Rollins
as Self - Musician
Carlos Santana
as Self - Musician
Wayne Shorter
as Self - Musician
McCoy Tyner
as Self - Musician
Kamasi Washington
as Self - Musician
Cornel West
as Self - Philosopher
Reggie Workman
as Self - Musician
Alice Coltrane
as Self - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
John Coltrane
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Miles Davis
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)