Across
- 2. Written by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons
- 4. A compliment for pleasing music
- 6. The birthplace of jazz
- 9. Short snippet of a melody
- 11. This jazz trumpeter studied at Juliard
- 14. Instrument said to be associated with the devil
- 17. A chord progression named for an avian guy
Down
- 1. A slower song
- 3. A part with the basics of the melody
- 5. Musician was dubbed the first lady of song
- 7. The process of moving up and down an upright bass
- 8. Saxophonist used to practice 15 hours a day
- 10. The general melody of a song
- 12. Music done on the spot
- 13. A person's skill at music
- 15. 1940s jazz style
- 16. A concert or performance