John Coltrane

Known for

Acting

Born

September 23, 1926

Birthplace

Hamlet, North Carolina, USA

Died

July 17, 1967 (aged 40)

Biography

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Best known work

Blue Giant

2023

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

Chasing Trane

2017

Jazz

2001

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

1988

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

2019

The Cat in the Bag

1964

Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme

2000

Soul in the Eye

1973

Filmography

TBA
John Coltrane: The Coltrane Legacy
as Self
TBA
Trane Tracks: The Legacy of John Coltrane
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Blue Giant
Music
2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician (archive footage), Music
2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
John Coltrane ‎– Antibes/Baden Baden/San Francisco
as Himself
2007
Jazz Icons - John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65
as Himself
2007
John Coltrane - Impressions Of Coltrane
as Himself
2005
Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound
as Himself
2003
Jazz Casual: John Coltrane
as saxophones
2002
John Coltrane Four Tenors
as Himself
2001
JazzTV
as Self (archive footage) (10 episodes)
2001
Giant Steps
Music
2000
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
as Himself
1991
Last Date
as Self
1990
The World According to John Coltrane
as Himself
1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
as Self (archive footage)
1973
Soul in the Eye
Music
1966
La Piccola Noia
Original Music Composer
1965
John Coltrane Quartet: Live in Liège
as Self
1964
The Cat in the Bag
Original Music Composer
1959
The Sound of Miles Davis
as Himself