- [Bill Clinton] Four
notes and you know 
it's John Coltrane playing.
- [Narrator] A musical genius
that never compromised
his vision.
- [Man] John Coltrane
was ahead of his time.
- People were like, what?
- [Narrator] With never
before seen footage
and Coltrane's words spoken
by Denzel Washington.
- [Man] I had this desire to
be as original as I could be.
- That type of artistic
achievement is mythic
and it will remain mythic.
- [Narrator] Chasing Trane.
A part of Independent Lens
on PBS.
