Documentary / Music /

Score: 72.8%( 62 votes )

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:

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)