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Classic Jazz Musicians Crossword
Classic Jazz Musicians Crossword is a free crossword you can play online in your browser — no login, no app, no download. It has 7 clues (3 across, 4 down) at hard difficulty. Stuck on one? The full answer key is at the bottom of this page.
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Across
- 5AThelonious Monk's tonal foundation with flatted degrees
- 6APassing tones Sonny Rollins employed in his saxophone lines
- 7ASession musician supporting a bandleader like Duke Ellington
Down
- 1DJohn Coltrane's ensemble size for A Love Supreme
- 2DFats Waller's left-hand piano technique spanning octaves
- 3DRhythmic technique that shifted accents, fundamental to jazz
- 4DCharlie Parker's revolutionary genre that replaced swing
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Answers for Classic Jazz Musicians Crossword
Spoiler warning — every clue in this puzzle is listed below with its solution.
Across answers
- 5A Thelonious Monk's tonal foundation with flatted degrees — BLUESSCALE (10 letters)
- 6A Passing tones Sonny Rollins employed in his saxophone lines — CHROMATIC (9 letters)
- 7A Session musician supporting a bandleader like Duke Ellington — SIDEMAN (7 letters)
Down answers
- 1D John Coltrane's ensemble size for A Love Supreme — QUARTET (7 letters)
- 2D Fats Waller's left-hand piano technique spanning octaves — STRIDE (6 letters)
- 3D Rhythmic technique that shifted accents, fundamental to jazz — SYNCOPATE (9 letters)
- 4D Charlie Parker's revolutionary genre that replaced swing — BEBOP (5 letters)
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