| ALCOHN | American jazz saxophonist who played in Woody Herman's Second Herd and co-led a quintet with Zoot Sims (2,4) |
| STAN | American jazz saxophonist who died in 1991 who helped popularise the bossa nova style (4,4) |
| GETZ | American jazz saxophonist who died in 1991 who helped popularise the bossa nova style (4,4) |
| JOHNCOLTRANE | Saxophonist who played with trumpeter Miles Davis in the late 1950s (4,8) |
| STEERS | Pilots had to lead second herd of farm animals (6) |
| STRAVINSKY | Russian-born American composer who wrote The Ebony Concerto for Woody Herman's band and in 1951 comp |
| CHARLIEPARKER | American jazz saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz, nickname 'Bird' (7,6) |
| KENNYG | Smooth jazz saxophonist who uses his last initial |
| REDMAN | Don, American jazz saxophonist/ composer who died in 1964 (6) |
| RED | Ants which herd and farm aphids, taking care of them and 'milking' them for food |
| SAHM | Doug of the Sir Douglas Quintet with the hit "She's About a Mover" |
| BECHET | Sidney --, American jazz saxophonist and clarinettist (6) |
| HAWKINS | Coleman ?, US jazz tenor saxophonist who died in 1969 |
| RAYCHARLES | American singer, songwriter, pianist and saxophonist who was blinded during childhood (3,7) |
| YARDBIRD | Nickname of American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker (8) |
| TYMES | "So Much in Love" soul quintet, with "The" |
| DEF | ___ Leppard (quintet with a one-armed drummer) |
| DAVECLARKFOUR | "Glad All Over" '60s quintet with a no-show player? |
| ABT | Co. led by Baryshnikov in the 1980s |
| DOGE | The new US government efficiency department co-led by Elon Musk that recently released its first report. (abbvr) (4) |
