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Chasing Trane : the John Coltrane documentary

Call Number

  • DVD 921 C7247C (CEN, WSQ)

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Languages

In English, with optional English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.

Performers

Voice: Denzel Washington.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, CA : Universal Music Enterprises, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Director John Scheinfeld explores the life, spiritual journey and music of John Coltrane, whose recorded works range from deeply expressive ballads to wildly expressive "sheets of sound." Scheinfeld crafts a story that reveals and affirms the impact Trane had on a variety of musicians, politicians, educators and artists - including Kamasi Washington, President Bill Clinton, Common, the Doors' John Densmore, Dr. Cornel West, Yasuhiro Fujioka, and many others. And, because the saxophonist did few recorded interviews, the words of John Coltrane are spoken by Denzel Washington. In addition to one-of-a-kind interviews, featured in the main film are never-before-seen home movies and photographs; rare TV performances from Europe and America, including one of the few occasions when Coltrane and his classic quartet performed his masterwork, "A Love Supreme," live in concert; never-before-seen documents from Coltrane's U.S. Navy file; and much more.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2016.

Running time listed on container as 158 min. Feature, 99 min.; special features, 43 min.

Includes 43 minutes of bonus footage, from extended scenes to outtakes, a conversation with recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, a sequence with the artist Rudy Gutierrez and his Coltrane paintings, and mini-features on how the lives of a drug addict, brain researcher, and children's educator were transformed by the life and music of John Coltrane.

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