John Coltrane was the most innovative and influential jazz musician of the 1960s. The World According to John Coltrane, the only authorized documentary about him, shows that he was the pivotal musician of the mid-twentieth century. Coltrane was the first music master with a global perspective. The World According to John Coltrane captures a musical meeting between Art Ensemble of Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and dervish musicians in Morocco's Eastern Sahara desert filmed in 1990. This documentary, narrated by David Smyrl, includes musical performances and interviews with colleagues and relatives including Wayne Shorter, Alice Coltrane, Rashied Ali, Tommy Flanagan, La Monte Young and special guest artist Roscoe Mitchell performing with members of the Aissaoua brotherhood. It was filmed in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and New York City, USA.