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#	Answer	Count	Sample Clue
1	Duke Ellington	10	This bandleader from D.C. traveled with an electric piano, now in the Smithsonian, so he wouldn't wake hotel guests
2	Louis Armstrong	9	In 1952 this musician known as "Satchmo" became the first inducted into Down Beat magazine's Jazz Hall of Fame
3	Ella Fitzgerald	9	She's the "First Lady of Song" seen here
4	Charlie Parker	8	This sax great's last public engagement was on March 5, 1955 at Birdland, a New York City club named for him
5	Count Basie	7	"Take The 'A' Train" was Duke Ellington's theme & "One O'Clock Jump" was this "noble" bandleader's
6	Miles Davis	6	"Miles Ahead" is a 1957 album by this jazz trumpeter
7	Lionel Hampton	4	This giant of the jazz vibraphone passed away in his 90s in 2002
8	Fats Waller	4	"Ain't Misbehavin'" is a biography of this jazz great written by his manager Ed Kirkeby
9	Billie Holiday	4	In 1957 this lady sang the blues, a song called "Fine And Mellow", on the CBS special "The World of Jazz"
10	Dave Brubeck	4	His quartet's 1959 LP "Time Out" featured the classic hit "Take Five"
11	Earl "Fatha" Hines	3	Though he's not dad to dancers Gregory and Maurice, he's "Fatha" to everyone
12	Django Reinhardt	3	This Gypsy hot jazz genius had only 3 good fingers on his fretting hand, but he could still shred
13	Dizzy	3	Bebop trumpeter John Birks Gillespie earned this nickname for his clowning & horseplay
14	Cab Calloway	3	Dizzy Gillespie played in the band of this alliterative scat singer who wasn't hip to Diz's bebopping
15	Buddy Rich	3	Albums recorded by this drummer include "Stick It" & "Buddy & Soul"
16	Wynton Marsalis	3	He recorded "Fathers & Sons" with his father Ellis & brother Branford
17	Dizzy Gillespie	3	( Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a misshapen trumpet inside the Smithsonian Institution.) When a trumpet of this "Big Beboper" was accidentally bent, h...
18	Woody Herman	2	Once called the "Boy Wonder of the Clarinet", he called most of his big bands a "herd"
19	Thelonious Monk	2	This jazz pianist was known as the "High Priest of Bebop"
20	New Orleans	2	City known as "The Cradle of Jazz"
21	George Benson	2	In 1976 this guitarist's "Breezin' " LP became the 1st record by a jazz musician to go platinum
22	Gene Krupa	2	The original Benny Goodman Trio included Goodman on clarinet, Teddy Wilson on piano & this drummer
23	Fats	2	Thomas Wright Waller
24	Erroll Garner	2	His inability to read music didn't prevent this keyboardist from composing many songs, including "Misty"
25	Dixieland	2	Look away, look away, look away, it's a revivalist style of New Orleans jazz
26	Chick	2	Nickname shared by jazz greats Webb & Corea
27	Cannonball	2	Julian Adderley
28	Branford Marsalis	2	This current "Tonight Show" bandleader appeared in the documentary "Bring on the Night" with Sting
29	Bix	2	Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke, a legendary cornet player of the 1920s, was known by this 3-letter nickname
30	Benny Goodman	2	The instrument seen here was played by this swingin' bandleader who was at home with classical too
31	"Take The 'A' Train"	2	In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem
32	"My Favorite Things"	2	John Coltrane's version of this song from "The Sound of Music" became a sort of theme song for him
33	"Dizzy"	2	Trumpet player John Birks Gillespie is better known by this nickname
34	vibes	2	Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument
35	the swing	2	As Duke Ellington wrote, "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got" this
36	the double bass	2	Ray Brown, Percy Heath & Charles Mingus were "stand-up" guys as masters of this instrument
37	the clarinet	2	The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band features Woody Allen on this instrument
38	a saxophone	2	Coleman Hawkins "sang" tenor, helping to turn this instrument from a novelty into a jazz mainstay
39	Duke	2	Supreme bandleader Edward Kennedy Ellington

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Duke Ellington 10x 30.0% stumper $630 avg J:2 DJ:8

DJ $400 2012 On April 29, 1986, the United States Post Office released a stamp honoring this pianist & bandleader

J $500 DD 1991 This bandleader's theme song was "Take the 'A' Train"

DJ $1,000 1991 His son Mercer has led his band since his death in 1974

Louis Armstrong 9x $300 avg J:2 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1991 His nickname was a contraction of "satchel mouth"

FJ 2010 In May 1964 this New Orleans native was 62 years old when he bumped The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" from the No. 1 spot

DJ $200 1998 He was known as Pops as well as Satchmo

Ella Fitzgerald 9x 22.2% stumper $633 avg J:2 DJ:7

J $100 1999 Known as the "First Lady of Song", she won 13 Grammy Awards, the most by any jazz artist

DJ $800 2006 ( Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Institution.) This Grammy is one of 13 awarded to this jazz singer called "The First Lady of Song"

DJ $1,200 2006 "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" was the first hit for this woman honored by the NEA as the first vocal jazz master

Charlie Parker 8x 14.3% stumper $857 avg J:3 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $400 2022 This sax great's last public engagement was on March 5, 1955 at Birdland, a New York City club named for him

DJ $1,600 2003 Recordings by this bebop alto saxophonist include "Carvin' the Bird", "Yardbird Suite" & "Bird Feathers"

FJ 1994 Real name of the American jazz musician whose compositions include "Ornithology"

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Count Basie 7x 14.3% stumper $829 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $200 1997 "Take The 'A' Train" was Duke Ellington's theme & "One O'Clock Jump" was this "noble" bandleader's

DJ $600 1990 For over 50 years "One O'Clock Jump" has been his band's theme song

J $1,000 2022 Seen here tickling the ivories, he got his famous nickname from an announcer who equated him with jazz aristocrats like Duke Ellington

Miles Davis 6x 16.7% stumper $700 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2019 "Miles Ahead" is a classic 1957 album by this trumpeter

J $800 2022 Here's a bit of "So What", the lead track from this trumpeter's 1959 album "Kind of Blue"

DJ $1,000 1987 Playboy called this trumpeter's "Kind of Blue" the best jazz album of all time

Lionel Hampton 4x 25.0% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 2001 The Benny Goodman Quartet consisted of Goodman, Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson & this vibes player

DJ $1,000 1989 Benny Goodman's original quartet included drummer Gene Krupa, pianist Teddy Wilson & this vibraphonist

DJ $800 1991 This pioneer vibraphonist played with the Benny Goodman Quartet 1936-40

Fats Waller 4x 75.0% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2013 This nearly 300-lb. jazz great who gave us "Honeysuckle Rose" died tragically young at 39

DJ $800 1995 This composer of "Ain't Misbehavin'" was taught by both stride & classical pianists

DJ $1,200 2015 "Ain't Misbehavin'" is a biography of this jazz great written by his manager Ed Kirkeby

Billie Holiday 4x 25.0% stumper $375 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1997 Known as "Lady Day", she began her recording career with Benny Goodman in November 1933

J $500 1999 On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—nearly 27 years after her death

J $200 1994 In April 1985 Baltimore unveiled a statue to this singer known as Lady Day

Dave Brubeck 4x $850 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1989 His quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, reached the pop charts in 1961 with "Take Five"

DJ $800 2012 This "Take Five" pianist was named a "living legend" in 2003 by the Library of Congress

DJ $1,200 2007 His quartet's 1959 LP "Time Out" featured the classic hit "Take Five"

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Earl "Fatha" Hines 3 Django Reinhardt 3 Dizzy 3 Cab Calloway 3 Buddy Rich 3 Wynton Marsalis 3 Dizzy Gillespie 3 Woody Herman 2 Thelonious Monk 2 New Orleans 2 George Benson 2 Gene Krupa 2 Fats 2 Erroll Garner 2 Dixieland 2 Chick 2 Cannonball 2 Branford Marsalis 2 Bix 2 Benny Goodman 2 "Take The 'A' Train" 2 "My Favorite Things" 2 "Dizzy" 2 vibes 2 the swing 2 the double bass 2 the clarinet 2 a saxophone 2 Duke 2