Jazz Crossword Puzzle

About the Jazz Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers jazz styles, performers, instruments, and the language of playing live. Look for Bebop, Swing, Saxophone, Improvisation, Miles Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald, alongside places such as New Orleans and the Cotton Club. It is a good fit for music students, jazz fans, and anyone learning about the musicians and sounds that shaped this genre.

This crossword draws on 37 clues about Jazz. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Fast, harmonically adventurous jazz style (5 letters)
• •Genre rooted in African American musical traditions (5 letters)
• •Several pitches sounded together (5 letters)
• •Percussion set with snare and cymbals (5 letters)
• •Music created spontaneously during a performance (13 letters)
• •Trumpeter who recorded “Kind of Blue” (10 letters)
• •Keyboard instrument with hammers and strings (5 letters)
• •Vocal jazz using improvised nonsense syllables (4 letters)

Teaching this topic or planning a party? Make your own crossword with your own words and clues.