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Tell Me How Long Trane's Been Gone

Directed by Steve Rowland
5 hour overview of the music of John Coltrane and his search for universal consciousness.

Overview

Genre
Music, Biography, Social Issues, and Cultural History
Synopsis

5-hour audio documentary in one-hour episodes, narrated by the great poet Michael S. Harper. Includes interviews with Elvin Jones, Rashied Ali, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Amiri Baraka, Nat Hentoff, Babatunde Olatuni, Alice Coltrane, Steve Coleman and many others. Poems by AB Spellman, Etheridge Knight, Langston Hughes, Jayne Cortez and others.

Stage
finished
Running time
300 minutes

Credits

  • Steve Rowland ... Director, Producer, Editor & Co-writer
  • Larry Abrams ... Writer and co-producer

Production Details

Prod. Co.
CultureWorks, Ltd.
Country
United States
Years of Production
2001

Distribution Details

Release year
2001
Distribution
broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations
Broadcast (Prod.)
Public Radio
Language
English

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