| CARMICHAEL | Surname of US jazz musician Hoagy (10) |
| WASHINGTON | Surname of US actor Denzel (10) |
| BUTTERMILK | "Ole ___ Sky" (Hoagy Carmichael chart-topper) |
| SATCHMO | Nickname of US jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901- 71) used as the title of an autobiography published in 1954 (7) |
| LIONELHAMPTON | US jazz musician born in 1913 known for his use of the vibraphone (6,7) |
| HOLIDAY | US jazz musician and singer-songwriter, Billie ------- (7) |
| WOODYHERMAN | US jazz musician and big band leader, 1913-1987 (5,6) |
| WALLER | Name a popular US jazz musician, Fats ... (6) |
| HERMAN | Woody ___ (1913-87), US jazz musician and band-leader (6) |
| ELLINGTON | Edward Kennedy 'Duke' ?, US jazz musician who died in 1974 |
| EDDINGTON | Duke, US jazz musician who died in 1974 (9) |
| BECHET | Sidney ___, US jazz musician and composer born in 1897 (6) |
| PEGGYLEE | Stage name of US jazz and pop singer Norma Deloris Egstrom (1920-2002) (5,3) |
| FAGAN | Birth name of US jazz and swing singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959), nicknamed 'Lady Day' (5) |
| ELEANORA | Birth name of US jazz and swing singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959), nicknamed 'Lady Day' (8) |
| REDMAA | Don, US jazz musician, arranger and orchestra leader who died in 1964 (6) |
| BASIE | William, known as Count, US jazz musician who died in 1984 (5) |
| REDMAN | Don ?, US jazz musician, arranger and orchestra leader who died in 1964 |
| STEPHENS | Real surname of US singer-songwriter and musician John Legend (8) |
| OSMOND | Surname of US musical family of Merrill, Jay, Donny, Jimmy and Marie (6) |
