Chasing Trane

The John Coltrane documentary

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.

Documentary Music

Denzel Washington

(John Coltrane (voice))

Antonia Andrews

(Self - Stepdaughter)

Bill Clinton

(Self - Politician)

Michelle Coltrane

(Self - Stepdaughter)

Oran Coltrane

(Self - Son)

Ravi Coltrane

(Self - Son)

Common

(Self - Musician)

John Densmore

(Self - Musician)

Yasuhiro Fujioka

(Self - Coltrane's Collector)

Osaharu Fukushima

(Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966))

Benny Golson

(Self - Musician)

Jimmy Heath

(Self - Musician)

Ashley Kahn

(Self - Biographer)

Wynton Marsalis

(Self - Musician)

Lewis Porter

(Self - Musician)

Ben Ratliff

(Self - Music Critic)

Sonny Rollins

(Self - Musician)

Carlos Santana

(Self - Musician)

Wayne Shorter

(Self - Musician)

McCoy Tyner

(Self - Musician)

Kamasi Washington

(Self - Musician)

Cornel West

(Self - Philosopher)

Reggie Workman

(Self - Musician)

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))