| PETERSON | Oscar, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (8) |
| OSCARPETERSON | Canadian jazz pianist and composer called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington (5.8) |
| MAHARAJA | 'The ___ of the Keyboard' ...Nickname of legendary Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (b.1925 - d.2007) |
| KRALL | Diana, Canadian jazz pianist and singer born in 1964 (5) |
| DIANAKRALL | Canadian jazz pianist and singer who married Elvis Costello in 2003 |
| DIANA | Canadian jazz pianist and singer who married Elvis Costello in 2003 (5,5) |
| SHEARING | George ?, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 (8) |
| GILEVANS | Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer whose albums include 1958's New Bottle Old Wine (3,5) |
| OSCAR | ___ Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (5) |
| RENEE | Canadian jazz pianist Rosnes |
| ERROL | and 48dn, American jazz pianist and composer whose best-known composition, Misty, has become a jazz standard |
| EVANS | Gil, Canadian-U.S. jazz pianist and composer noted for his collaborations with Miles Davis (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) |
| GARNER | American jazz pianist and composer whose ballad Misty has become a jazz standard |
| ERROLL | American jazz pianist and composer whose ballad Misty has become a jazz standard |
| THELONSMONK | Jazz pianist and composer without "marker" |
| MONK | Thelonious ?, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 (4) |
| MORTON | Jazz pianist and composer, Jelly Roll ... |
| ELLINGTON | Jazz pianist and composer who helped develop the big band style |
| HORACE | ____ Silver, U.S. jazz pianist and composer born in 1928 (6) |