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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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- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 72Audiences 75GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer74%
Metascore69
Audience score77%
User score7.4
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9699Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2017
April 14, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseMade in
- United States
24 of 27
Denzel WashingtonJohn Coltrane (voice)- AAAntonia AndrewsSelf - Stepdaughter
Bill ClintonSelf - Politician- MCMichelle ColtraneSelf - Stepdaughter
- OCOran ColtraneSelf - Son
Ravi ColtraneSelf - Son
CommonSelf - Musician
John DensmoreSelf - Musician- YFYasuhiro FujiokaSelf - Coltrane's Collector
- OFOsaharu FukushimaSelf - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966)
Benny GolsonSelf - Musician
Jimmy HeathSelf - Musician- AKAshley KahnSelf - Biographer
Wynton MarsalisSelf - Musician- LPLewis PorterSelf - Musician
- BRBen RatliffSelf - Music Critic
Sonny RollinsSelf - Musician
Carlos SantanaSelf - Musician
Wayne ShorterSelf - Musician
McCoy TynerSelf - Musician- KWKamasi WashingtonSelf - Musician
Cornel WestSelf - Philosopher- RWReggie WorkmanSelf - Musician
Alice ColtraneSelf - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Directing · 1
- John Scheinfeld Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Kiku Lani Iwata Story Manager
Production · 13
- Bruce Resnikoff Executive Producer
- Mark Pinkus Executive Producer
- Sig Sigworth Executive Producer
- Spencer Proffer Producer
- Dave Harding Producer, First Assistant Camera
- John Beug Producer
Camera · 1
- Stan Taylor Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Shane Ross Colorist
Sound · 7
- John Coltrane Music
- Paul Bang Sound
- Dave Wendlinger Sound
- Marcus Pardo Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- John Oh Sound
- Saul Rouda Sound
Art · 3
- Fred Salkind Graphic Designer, Visual Effects
- Doug Lebow Graphic Designer, Visual Effects
- David Rogers Graphic Designer, Visual Effects
Visual Effects · 1
- Patrick Martin Photo Retouching
Other crew · 1
- Ravi Coltrane Technical Advisor
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