"If you have to ask what jazz is... you’ll never know." Louis Armstrong
Jazz, born in New Orleans around 1910, was formed through marching bands moving indoors, and mixing with ragtime, blues and other musical styles. No matter your taste, browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Jazz Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of Jazz with Stretta Music today!
Although jazz began very locally, and gradually spread more nationally, it wasn’t until the 1930s that it became more international, becoming popular through the new dance form Swing. Due to the economic crisis, many solo artists began to form big bands, like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Duke Ellington. Soon Gypsy Jazz also sprung up, which, since it mainly used string instruments, was also called String Jazz, an excellent example being the French guitarist Django Rheinhardt. In the 1940s, through such jazz musicians as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillespie, Bebop evolved, which is the basis for modern jazz. In Bebop, the tempo quickened, the harmonies became more complex, and there was more rhythmic freedom.
Although a lot of jazz throughout the ages was lead by instrumentalists, there were also many famous jazz singers, like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett and Jamie Cullum.
A few important jazz artists of the modern era include John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson and Wynton Marsalis.
for: 2 recorders (SS/TT/ST/SA); guitar ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 248034
für 4 Saxophone (SATBar)
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346294
Single edition
Item no.: 405994
for: Accordion
Item no.: 252920
Five Easy Single-position Pieces
for: Double bass, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 224635
Jazz
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 552075
for recorder orchestra
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482356
for: FL (OB) CD
Item no.: 495280
Bb instruments
for: Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet or Bariton [TC]
Buch
Item no.: 244304
Standards & Traditionals
Brass total
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419327
Rag für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485770
for: Tuba, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671375
for: Guitar
Item no.: 163464
12 jazz pieces for beginning pianists
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 167356
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 367271
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813637
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 169422
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 667303
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 810820
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 617438
for: Voice
Songbook
Item no.: 1215680
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 470322
for: Accordion
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 582718
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 558635
for: Jazz-combo (3 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score
Item no.: 816197
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 261244
für Melodieinstrument (C/B/Es), Gitarre, Akkordeon und Kontrabass
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), guitar, accordion, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487693
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817683
An international collection or the clarinet player
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 396507
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 128004
for: Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Bass Guitar,Piano Accompaniment, Drums
Buch
Item no.: 1106589
Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 62
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1645023
for: Ukulele
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 631937
for: Trumpet [flugelhorn/tenor horn]
Music score
Item no.: 612789
for: Classical guitar [acoustic guitar]
Music score (with tabs), online playback
Item no.: 666754
10 Solo Transcriptions from one of the greatest jazz flute player, Dave Valentin
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1012901
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419210
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 185857
for: Guitar
Item no.: 224825
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 209449
for two Clarinets and Piano
for: 2 clarinets, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 682794
15 Easy Jazz and Pop Pieces
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 736669
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722516
for: 2 clarinets, bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288154
for: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588705
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 596276