| BECHET | Sidney ___, US jazz musician and composer born in 1897 (6) |
| HERMAN | Woody ___ (1913-87), US jazz musician and band-leader (6) |
| DANKWORTH | Johnny --, 1927-2010, jazz musician and composer (9) |
| WOODYHERMAN | US jazz musician and big band leader, 1913-1987 (5,6) |
| HOLIDAY | US jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie ------- (7) |
| REDMAA | Don, US jazz musician, arranger and orchestra leader who died in 1964 (6) |
| REDMAN | Don -, US jazz musician, arranger and orchestra leader who died in 1964 (6) |
| MINGUS | Charlie ___, US jazz composer and double bass player who died in 1979 (6) |
| HORACE | ____ Silver, U.S. jazz pianist and composer born in 1928 (6) |
| KISSIN | Evgeny, Russian-born pianist and composer born in 1971 (6) |
| WALLER | Name a popular US jazz musician, Fats ... (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) |
| MILLER | Glenn _; jazz musician and bandleader (6) |
| CROSBY | Sidney _____ (pride of Cole Harbour) |
| LIONELHAMPTON | US jazz musician born in 1913 known for his use of the vibraphone (6,7) |
| HERBIEHANCOCK | Jazz musician and bandleader born in 1940 (6,7) |
| FELAKUTI | Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer and pioneer of afrobeat music who died in 1997 |
| NURMI | Paavo, middle and long distance runner born in 1897, nicknamed the Flying Finn (5) |
| SCHUSTER | M. Lincoln ******** , co-founder of a US publishing company born in 1897 (8) |
