"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: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Tiefes Blechbläserensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Trombone
7 Music lesson books
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for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
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for: Choir, instruments
Journal
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Electric guitar
Music score (with tabs), online playback
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
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for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
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for: Oboe, piano
Buch + CD
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Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Unison Choir, Clarinet and Piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Viola, cor anglais
Score, Parts
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for: Flute
Music score, CD
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for: Trombone BC
Book, CD
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for: Electric guitar
DVD (learning video)
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for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
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for: Guitar
Music score, CD
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for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
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Music lesson book
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for: Acoustic guitar [electric guitar]
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
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for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Guitar
Music score, online playback
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for: Electric guitar
Music score (with tabs), online playback
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for: Guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
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for: Banjo
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 207700
for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
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for: Bass guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
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for: 5 saxophones (AATTBar)
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
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Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Trumpet (B-flat)
Music lesson book, online audio
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for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1712174
12 Pieces for Elementary Pianists
The Easy Piano Series
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
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for: Female voice; piano ad lib.
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), playback CD
Item no.: 292700
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score, online playback
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for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score
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for: Flute
Music score, CD
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