John Coltrane (voice)
Denzel Washington
Self - Stepdaughter
Antonia Andrews
Self - Musician
Benny Golson
Jimmy Heath
Self - Biographer
Ashley Kahn
Wynton Marsalis
Lewis Porter
Self - Music Critic
Ben Ratliff
Sonny Rollins
Carlos Santana
Wayne Shorter
McCoy Tyner
Self - Politician
Bill Clinton
Kamasi Washington
Self - Philosopher
Cornel West
Reggie Workman
Self - Musician / 2nd Wife (archive footage)
Alice Coltrane
Self - Musician (archive footage)
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Michelle Coltrane
Self - Son
Oran Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
Common
John Densmore
Self - Coltrane's Collector
Yasuhiro Fujioka
Self - Nagasaki Gig Assistant (1966)
Osaharu Fukushima
Casting Consultant
Victoria Thomas
Technical Advisor
Music
Director
John Scheinfeld
Writer
Producer
Dave Harding
Scott Pascucci
Spencer Proffer
Director of Photography
Stan Taylor
John Beug
Editor
Peter S. Lynch II
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Mark Pinkus
Bruce Resnikoff
Sig Sigworth
Story Manager
Kiku Lani Iwata
Associate Producer
Kathleen Ermitage
First Assistant Camera
Production Manager
Aaron Berman
Colin Hatton
Annette Powlis-Greaux
Graphic Designer
Fred Salkind
Visual Effects
Doug Lebow
David Rogers
Photo Retouching
Patrick Martin
Colorist
Shane Ross
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marcus Pardo
Sound
Paul Bang
Robert Ghiraldini
John Oh
Saul Rouda
Dave Wendlinger