Swing Era

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Across
  1. 4. unique, raspy tone combined with his command of harmonically detailed improvisation
  2. 6. was one of the three titans of the tenor saxophone during the swing era.
  3. 7. was a skilled pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He led one of the most popular bands in New York in the 1920s and 30s.
  4. 8. moved to New York from Chicago in the late 1920s.
  5. 9. rose to fame during the swing era by performing weekly at New York’s Cotton Club.
  6. 10. could play stride piano in the style of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller but took his music beyond the conventions of jazz at the time.
Down
  1. 1. moved to Kansas City—a hotbed of jazz—to play with Bennie Moten’s big band in 1929
  2. 2. was a much sought-after musician in New York and played in big bands led by Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw.
  3. 3. who influenced the alto saxophonist’s syrupy, lyrical sound with a fast, voice-like vibrato
  4. 5. a tenor saxophonist who spent his childhood touring with his family’s band.