| KEITHJARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner |
| JARRETT | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| KEITH | Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| GIL | Gilberto ?, Brazilian guitarist and singer-songwriter; a 2005 Polar Music Prize winner |
| BARRYADAMSON | Former member of Magazine and the Bad Seeds whose third solo album, Soul Murder, was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize in 1992 (5,7) |
| LIDOPIMIENTA | 2017 Polaris Music Prize winning singer/ songwriter: 2 wds. |
| SELLARS | Peter ?, US theatre director; a 2014 recipient of the Polar Music Prize |
| GARNER | Errol ___, Pittsburgh-born US jazz pianist who died in 1977 (6) |
| YOYOMA | Polar Music Prize recipient of 2012 |
| STARSTRUCK | Like an enamoured fan who meets a Polaris Music Prize winner |
| 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) |
| ALLISON | Mose ___, US jazz pianist and singer-songwriter whose works include Benediction and Parchman Farm (7 |
| MONK | Thelonious ?, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 (4) |
| ROREM | Pulitzer music prize winner: 1976 |
| TAGAQ | Tanya ___, 2014 Polaris Music Prize winner |
| NAT | - - - King Cole, legendary US jazz pianist and big bandbaritone (3) |
| WALLER | Thomas, known as Fats, US jazz pianist and singer who died in 1943 (6) |
| EZRA | _ Collective, Mercury Music Prize winners (4) |
| BASIE | Count ----, US jazz pianist and bandleader (5) |
| DANMARINO | Pennsylvania-born Football Hall of Famer who attended the University of Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |
