| SIDNEY | New Orleans-born jazz musician who died in 1959 (6,6) |
| BECHET | New Orleans-born jazz musician who died in 1959 (6,6) |
| BANANASFOSTER | New Orleans-born dessert often involving tableside flambe |
| AEOLIAN | ___ harp (It sounds in the wind) born jazz musician |
| CHARLIECREATH | Missouri-born jazz musician , 1890-1951 (7,6) |
| 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) |
| BASIE | William, known as Count, US jazz musician who died in 1984 (5) |
| ELLINGTON | Edward Kennedy 'Duke' ?, US jazz musician who died in 1974 |
| EDDINGTON | Duke, US jazz musician who died in 1974 (9) |
| KEITHJARRETT | Pennsylvania-born jazz pianist formerly with the Charles Lloyd Quartet (5,7) |
| HOFFNUNG | Gerard ?, Berlin-born musician, cartoonist and raconteur who died in 1959 (8) |
| STANLEY | English painter born in Cookham, Berkshire, who died in 1959 (7,7) |
| SPENCER | English painter born in Cookham, Berkshire, who died in 1959 (7,7) |
| YOUNG | Lester ___, US jazz tenor saxophonist nicknamed Pres who died in 1959 (5) |
| HOLIDAY | Billie, U.S. jazz singer who died in 1959 (7) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | American rock 'n' roll musician who died in a plane crash in 1959 (5,5) |
| HOLLY | American rock'n'roll musician who died in a 1959 plane crash (5,5) |
| EPSTEIN | Jacob, British sculptor who died in 1959 (7) |
| BOPPER | The Big ---, American musician who died in a 1959 plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens (6) |
