| DANKWORTH | Johnny --, 1927-2010, jazz musician and composer (9) |
| LYTTELTON | 'Humph', English jazz musician and broadcaster, d. 2008 (9) |
| JEANMICHELJARRE | French musician and composer whose albums include Oxygene and Equinoxe |
| ZAPPA | Frank ?, US musician and composer who co-wrote and co-directed 1971 film fantasy 200 Motels (5) |
| FELAKUTI | Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997 |
| GORANBREGOVIC | Which Serbian musician and composer will present His Wedding and Funeral Band at the 2025 Adelaide Festival? (5,8) |
| SITAR | Stringed instrument associated with musician and composer Ravi Shankar (5) |
| HOLIDAY | US jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie ------- (7) |
| WOODYHERMAN | US jazz musician and big band leader, 1913-1987 (5,6) |
| ARTIE | Jazz musician and bandleader, ___ Shaw |
| MILLER | Glenn _; jazz musician and bandleader (6) |
| HERMAN | Woody ___ (1913-87), US jazz musician and band-leader (6) |
| COUNTBASIE | U.S. jazz musician and orchestral leader born in 1904 (5,5) |
| HAMPTON | Lionel --, American jazz musician and bandleader (7) |
| SEONAID | ---- Aitken, Scottish jazz musician and broadcaster (7) |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | Jazz musician and bandleader born in 1940 (6,7) |
| DUDLEYMOORE | English actor, comedian, musician and composer who first came to prominence in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe |
| OLDFIELD | Mike _, English musician and composer best known for 1973 album Tubular Bells (8) |
| NITIN | British musician, and composer ____ Sawhney won the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award in 2017 |
| TOMWAITS | U.S. musician and composer noted for his 1985 album Rain Dogs (3,5) |
