| COUNTBASIE | Jazz pianist and bandleader 1904-84 (5,5) |
| GLENNMILLER | US trombonist and bandleader 1904-44 (5,6) |
| JIMMYDORSEY | "So Rare" bandleader [1904] |
| BASIE | Count --, 1904-84, US jazz bandleader (5) |
| CHUCHOVALDES | Cuban jazz pianist and bandleader who worked with Arturo Sandoval |
| DUKEELLINGTON | Jazz pianist and bandleader who composed Sophisticated Lady: 2 wds. |
| HINES | Earl, American jazz pianist and bandleader (5) |
| EARLHINES | Jazz pianist and bandleader famous for 'trumpet-style piano' (4,5) |
| FATSWALLER | US jazz pianist and composer who pioneered the Harlem stride style; co-writer, with lyricist Andy Razaf, of songs including 1929's 'Honeysuckle Rose' and 'Ain't Misbehavin' (4,6) |
| DIANAKRALL | Nanaimo-born jazz pianist and singer: 2 wds. |
| RAYCHARLES | American blind jazz pianist and singer (3,7) |
| ELLINGTON | Duke ---, American composer, pianist and bandleader known as one of the most influential figures in jazz music (9) |
| STAN | and 52ac, American pianist and bandleader whose theme song was Artistry in Rhythm |
| JOOLS | _ Holland, pianist and bandleader (5) |
| DUKE | American pianist and bandleader whose signature tune was Take the 'A' Train (4,9) |
| HOLLAND | Jools, English pianist and bandleader noted for his annual V hootenanny (7) |
| KENTON | see 16ac, American pianist and bandleader whose theme song was Artistry in Rhythm |
| ERROL | and 48dn, American jazz pianist and composer whose best-known composition, Misty, has become a jazz standard |
| ALLISON | Mose ___, US jazz pianist and singer-songwriter whose works include Benediction and Parchman Farm (7 |
| GARNER | American jazz pianist and composer whose ballad Misty has become a jazz standard |
