text: John William Coltrane ( sometimes abbreviated `` Trane '' ; September 23 , 1926 â `` July 17 , 1967 ) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer .
simplified: John William `` Trane '' Coltrane ( September 23 , 1926 â `` July 17 , 1967 ) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer .