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Apr 14, 2017 · He begins “Chasing Trane” by hooking the viewer on some potent narrative. Instead of a slog through The Early Years, the documentary begins in medias res.It’s 1957, and Coltrane is riding high as the sax player in a quintet led by Miles Davis, the closest thing jazz has to a superstar now that Charlie Parker is two years gone.
Dec 8, 2017 · Parker inspired Coltrane’s progressive melodicisms but he also inspired him to pick up the hypodermic needle. He began abusing heroin and alcohol, and earned a reputation for being unreliable.
- Benjamin H. Smith
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Apr 14, 2017 · The life and work of legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, including commentary from Denzel Washington, Carlos Santana, Common, Cornell West, Bill Clinton and others. Director John Scheinfeld ...
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Dec 20, 2017 · Film Review: “Chasing Trane” — Telling the Story of a Jazz Legend. This documentary about John Coltrane serves up skillful, sensitive storytelling and an appropriate sense of reverence. John Coltrane. Photo: from the documentary “Chasing Trane.”. By Matt Hanson. Despite the depressing statistic that jazz sells far less annually than ...
About the Documentary Season premiere! Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasing Trane brings saxophone great John Coltrane to life, as a man and an artist.
Apr 13, 2017 · 1h 39m. By Ben Kenigsberg. April 13, 2017. “Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary” portrays the legendary saxophonist as a tirelessly forward-thinking artist. (His music, the ...
Running time. 99 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $406,284 [1] [2] Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary is a 2017 American documentary film, written and directed by John Scheinfeld.
