| 100% | COREA | 5 | Jazz keyboardist who composed “Spain” |
| 56% | BILLYSTRAYHORN | 14 | Jazz pianist who composed 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CHARLIEPARKER | 13 | Jazz saxophonist who composed and played "Moose the Mooche": 2 wds. |
| 53% | CHARLESMINGUS | 13 | Jazz bassist who composed and played "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CLIFFORD | 8 | __ Brown, jazz trumpeter who composed Joy Spring |
| 46% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz legend who composed "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHUCKMANGIONE | 13 | Jazz flugelhorn player who composed and played "Feels So Good": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MERL | 4 | Jazz keyboardist Saunders |
| 44% | COREA | 5 | Jazz keyboardist Chick |
| 44% | STU | 3 | Jazz keyboardist Goldberg |
| 44% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz pianist and bandleader who composed "Sophisticated Lady": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELGAR | 5 | Edward who composed "Falstaff" |
| 41% | MAHLER | 6 | Gustav who composed "Winterlied" |
| 41% | ANTON | 5 | Bruckner who composed masses |
| 41% | VERDI | 5 | Giuseppe who composed "Rigoletto" |
| 41% | LOEWE | 5 | Frederick who composed "Camelot" |
| 40% | YANNI | 5 | Keyboardist who concertized at the Taj Mahal |
| 40% | GUSTAV | 6 | Holst who composed "The Planets" |
| 40% | ROREM | 5 | Ned who composed "Air Music" |
| 40% | ENESCO | 6 | Georges who composed "Romanian Rhapsodies" |
| 40% | ENO | 3 | Brian who composed "Discreet Music" |
| 40% | KERN | 4 | Jerome who composed "Show Boat" |
| 40% | HOLST | 5 | Gustav who composed "The Planets" |
| 40% | ERNO | 4 | Dohnányi who composed "Ruralia Hungarica" |
| 40% | ORFF | 4 | Carl who composed "Carmina Burana" |
| 40% | ROREM | 5 | Ned who composed "Miss Julie" |
| 40% | LISZT | 5 | Franz who composed Hungarian rhapsodies |
| 40% | EUBIE | 5 | Blake who composed "Charleston Rag" |
| 40% | ARNE | 4 | Thomas ___ who composed "Rule, Britannia!" |
| 40% | DVORAK | 6 | Antonín who composed "Carnival Overture" |