Chasing Trane : : the John Coltrane Documentary

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Call Number: DVD 788.716 Ch, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Performing Arts / Music / Chasing Trane
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Videodisc release of the 2016 documentary motion picture.
Running time listed on container as 158 min. Feature, 99 min.; special features, 43 min.
With 43 min. of special features, including extended scenes, 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.
Words of John Coltrane, spoken by Denzel Washington.
In a film Variety called an "elegantly crafted and illuminating portrait of the singular jazz legend," 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.
DVD; NTSC, All regions ; Dolby digital 5.1 and stereo. ; 16: 9 anamorphic widescreen ; aspect ratio (2.40:1).
Contents: Love supreme.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good bio submitted by amy on June 18, 2018, 3:25pm There's plenty here for both the longtime fan and recent convert. It's a mostly traditional documentary - including interviews with friends, musicians, his children, a particularly thoughtful Bill Clinton, and the #1 Coltrane fan in the world - but it illuminates the genius and ultimately confirms the legacy of the enigmatic jazz saxophonist who believed his music was the spiritual expression of who he was.

Chasing Trane submitted by ccrose on August 13, 2019, 7:47pm This has it all: Coltrane’s story of making the music he was famous for but also tracking how he evolved. An observation by band mates after Coltrane kicked alcohol and drugs, the dead zone for some creative people, was that he played “different.” Not just better, but that he had found a higher plane. A whole new vocabulary of the spirit.
His peers, many musicians shared memories, some shaking their heads when they describe playing with him, like no words could say it all. Miles Davis took Coltrane in early and they played together like they were relatives, both getting it, what the other was striving for. Sonny Rollins said Coltrane practiced all the time. He said , “even in the bathroom, even in a car.”
He played through the years when civil rights were bloody, and he was soaking up all that injustice. The Birmingham church bombing that killed four little girls caused Coltrane to grieve in the deepest music. He wrote and played music that wailed over and over.
I am glad I watched it. I learned a lot about how young jazz players played with the masters, like Miles Davis, and slowly took on their own masterful ways of playing but Coltrane always was on his path.
Coltrane in action was turned into beautiful art by Rudy Gutierrez and used as background for some pieces they played..
I knew a few CDs of Coltrane but now I want to understand his language, and understand the spiritual heights where he soared.
The library has a cd of the soundtrack so you can play it over and over.

Trane spotting submitted by tarascon on March 12, 2024, 12:48pm More please! :D