| BECHET | Sidney ___, U.S. jazz musician and composer born in 1897 (6) |
| COUNTBASIE | U.S. jazz musician and orchestral leader born in 1904 (5,5) |
| DANKWORTH | Johnny --, 1927-2010, jazz musician and composer (9) |
| CALLOWAY | Cab ___, U.S. jazz singer and band leader, born in 1907 (8) |
| BASIE | 'Count' ___ , U.S. jazz pianist (5) |
| HORACE | ____ Silver, U.S. jazz pianist and composer born in 1928 (6) |
| KENNYG | U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer born in 1956 (5,1) |
| IRVING | ____ Berlin, U.S. songwriter and composer born in 1888 whose songs included Puttin' on the Ritz (6) |
| KISSIN | Evgeny, Russian-born pianist and composer born in 1971 (6) |
| HERMAN | Woody ___ (1913-87), US jazz musician and band-leader (6) |
| MILLER | Glenn _; jazz musician and bandleader (6) |
| ARTIESHAW | U.S. jazz musician born in 1910 nicknamed King of the Clarinet (5,4) |
| LLOYD | Charles, U.S. jazz musician born in 1938 (5) |
| CROSBY | Sidney _____ (pride of Cole Harbour) |
| MILES | Mr. Davis, U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer born in 1926 (5) |
| MAXROACH | U.S. jazz drummer and composer born in 1924 (3,5) |
| EARLHINES | U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader and composer, born in 1903 (4,5) |
| METHENY | Pat, U.S. jazz guitarist and composer born in 1954 (7) |
| COLEMAN | Jazz saxophonist and composer born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1930 (7,7) |
| ORNETTE | Jazz saxophonist and composer born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1930 (7,7) |
