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A Chillin' Jazz Crossword

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A section of jazz favorites old and new.
Author: stuthehistoryguy - Diff: Harder

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      1. Coleman Hawkins hit; probably best-known jazz standard (three words)
      6. Charlie Parker and John Birks Gillespie album: "Bird and ___"
      9. City in Orange County, CA mentioned in Steely Dan's "Babylon Sisters": Santa ___.
      10. Traditional drink at New Orleans' Preservation Hall (two words)
      11. Where the honored guests at a jazz awards banquet sit
      13. Type of apparel that originated in 1930s Harlem jazz culture: zoot ____.
      14. Since 1982, there has been a major summer jazz festival in the Portand, Oregon suburb of Mount ____.
      15. Not to rent, but to ___.
      17. Trumpet player Fats
      20. Arthur Hamilton tune recorded by Dexter Gordon and Dinah Washington: "___ Me A River"
      21. Signature tune from "Show Boat": "__ Man River" (var, sp.)
      22. John Lewis/Milt Jackson group: ______ Jazz Quartet
      26. New Orleans trumpet player Johnson, rediscovered in 1940s
      28. Arlen/Mercer standard recorded by Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis: "That ___ Black Magic".
      30. State where Cab Calloway School of the Arts is located (abbr.)
      31. Sick
      33. Thelonious Monk tune: "Straight __ Chaser"
      34. Debussy-inspired pianist who did "Blue in Green": Bill _____.
      36. 1980s guitarist who played by tapping the fretboard: Stanley ______.
      38. Tenor sax player Lester
      43. Beatles tune recorded by Herbie Hancock: Norwegian ____.
      45. Django Reinhardt's instruments

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      1. A great jazz-rock tune by Weather Report, or a great club in New York
      2. Trumpet player and bandleader Miles
      3. Charlie Parker tune "Relaxing __ Camarillo"
      4. Louis Armstrong's nickname (short version)
      5. Billie Holiday's nickname. (two words)
      6. You might say to a poor musician: "Don't quit your ___ ___!" (Two words)
      7. Glenn Miller tune: "__ the Mood"
      8. Composer of 1 Down
      10. Tune by Gillespie and Lewis: "Two Bass ___"
      12. The Basque personification of fire
      16. How a jazz musician is said to be playing if the tempo is rapid and the blues notes are flying.
      18. Latin standard: "Oye como __"
      19. Thelonious Monk tune: "_____ Midnight".
      20. Duke Ellington trumpet player Williams
      23. Singer Fitzgerald
      24. Usually regarded as the birthplace of jazz (initials).
      25. Duke Ellington's real first name
      27. Soprano sax player, most commerically successful "jazz" musician of recent years
      29. Drummer Victor de, or what a ghost might say
      32. ISO country code for Latvia
      35. Charlie Parker tune: "____ the Time"
      36. First name of 8 down
      37. R&B singer and pianist Charles
      39. University in Norman, Oklahoma (abbr.)
      40. Ancient Phoenician outpost in present-day Libya.
      41. 1990s computer operating system Windows __
      42. Birthplace of 27 down (abbr.)
      44. Yiddish expression of disgust: "__, veh!"