| DUKEELLINGTON | Bandleader and jazz pianist (4,9) |
| COMBO | Foreign city's entertaining bandleader and jazz group |
| HERMAN | Woody, Milwaukee-born bandleader and jazz musician who died in 1987 (6) |
| WOODYHERMAN | Milwaukee-born bandleader and jazz musician who died in 1987 (5,6) |
| STONEWALLER | Rock and jazz pianist -- obdurate type (11) |
| NAT | ___ King Cole, singer and jazz pianist (3) |
| LAFAYETTE | ---------Leake, blues and jazz pianist who played on many of Chuck Berry's recordings (9) |
| LAFAYETTELEAKE | American blues and jazz pianist who played on many of Chuck Berry's recordings (9,5) |
| NATKINGCOLE | US singer and jazz pianist whose 'Mona Lisa' won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1950 (3,4,4) |
| ERROL | First name linking swashbuckling actor Flynn and jazz pianist Garner (5) |
| YEHUDIMENUHIN | Classical violinist and conductor who also worked with Ravi Shankar and jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli |
| COUNTBASIE | American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer (5,5) |
| BASIE | Count -- -, 20th Century American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (5) |
| EARLHINES | U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader and composer, born in 1903 (4,5) |
| CAB | US jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor, --- Calloway (3) |
| ELLINGTON | American pianist, bandleader and composer called "Duke"(9) |
| PERCYFAITH | 50s and 60s bandleader and orchestrator, born in Toronto |
| COTTONWOOL | This material absorbs bandleader and court trainee (6,4) |
| BLAMED | Censured bandleader and got medal for it (6) |
| LIONEL | Bandleader and vibraphonist Hampton |
