| SCORELESS | Improvised music is not an exciting draw |
| JAMSESSION | A gathering of musicians, often informal, at which live, improvised music is played (3,7) |
| ARTURRUBINSTEIN | Pianist who said, "Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me" (1800) |
| SHEET | Such music is not bound to sell |
| NONET | Piece of music is not a soul track primarily |
| ROCKOUT | Play enthusiastically though this type of music is not fashionable |
| BAGATELLE | A light piece of music is not worth much (9) |
| ANTIJAMMING | Keeping airwaves open, but not for improvised music |
| AMADEUS | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| OFFTHERECORD | Where one finds old music is not for publication (3,3,6) |
| SONATA | Piece of music is not a different way to put it in sex appeal (6) |
| PIPED | This sort of music is not necessarily from a wind instrument (5) |
| SCATSONGS | Improvised music popularized by Ella Fitzgerald |
| JACUZZI | Chum regularly improvised music outside with me in hot tub (7) |
| RAGGA | Collection of notes about grand improvised music of the Caribbean (5) |
| JAZZ | Style of improvised music (4) |
| NOSCORE | Lacking goals, it's the essence of improvised music |
| CALYPSO | Improvised music the company plays badly inside (7) |
| FREEJAZZ | Heading north in piazza, jeer flautist's improvised music |
| SAWHORSE | Yet it is not an animal and not a tool used in a mill (8) |
