Cornel West Makes a Shocking Confession in Chasing Trane, a Documentary About John Coltrane

by Charles MudedeChasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary screens now through May 11 at Capitol Theater.And then it happens. And when it happens, you just can't believe it's happening. Cornel West, one of the leading black intellectuals of the 20th century, and one of the celebrity interviewees in the entertaining documentary Chasing Trane (Bill Clinton, Wynton Marsalis, and John Densmore are the other big names), looks down and with a sad face, admits that the music of the most experimental