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The John Coltrane documentary - Chasing Trane
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Title: Chasing Trane

Release Date: 14 Apr 2017

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Documentary, Music

Director: Crew Neck Productions, Meteor 17

Production Companies: Crew Neck Productions, Meteor 17

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.

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Average Vote: 7.275 (60 votes)

Cast

  • John Coltrane (voice): Denzel Washington
  • Self - Stepdaughter: Antonia Andrews
  • Self - Politician: Bill Clinton
  • Self - Stepdaughter: Michelle Coltrane
  • Self - Son: Oran Coltrane
  • Self - Son: Ravi Coltrane
  • Self - Musician: Common
  • Self - Musician: John Densmore
  • Self - Coltrane's Collector: Yasuhiro Fujioka
  • Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966): Osaharu Fukushima
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