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Classic Jazz Musicians Crossword

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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

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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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