| BENNYGOODMAN | American jazz musician and band leader, 1909-1986, known as the King of Swing (5,7) |
| HERMAN | Woody ___ (1913-87), US jazz musician and band-leader (6) |
| OKEEFFE | U.S. painter, 1887-1986, known as the Mother of American Modernism (7) |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | Musician and band leader noted for his jazz standard, Watermelon Man (6,7) |
| HAMPTON | Lionel --, American jazz musician and bandleader (7) |
| MIDGE | _ Ure, Scottish musician and Band Aid organiser (5) |
| BENNY | American jazz clarinettist and bandleader who was known as the "King of Swing" (5,7) |
| GOODMAN | American jazz clarinettist and bandleader who was known as the "King of Swing" (5,7) |
| GLENNMILLER | In the 1954 movie The ____ Story, James Stewart appeared as the eponymous 1A player and band leader |
| CALLOWAY | Cabell 'Cab _' 1907-1994, jazz singer and band leader who appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers (8) |
| LESBROWN | American jazz musician who led the big band His Band of Renown from 1938 to 2000 (3,5) |
| BEYGDMAN | Clarinetist known as the "King of Swing" |
| MONIKER | The King of Swing or the Queen of Mean |
| SHAW | Artie ?, US jazz clarinettist and band leader who died in 2004 (4) |
| ARTIE | US jazz clarinettist and band leader who died in 2004 (5,4) |
| PRIMA | Last name of "The King of Swing" |
| HERB | ___ Alpert, American trumpeter and band-leader (4) |
| MINGUS | Charles -, US jazz double bassist and band leader |
| WOODYHERMAN | US jazz musician and big band leader, 1913-1987 (5,6) |
| LYTTELTON | Humphrey -, jazz musician and the original host of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (9) |
