"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.
Songbook
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for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Guitar
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for: Trumpet [flute], piano
Score, part
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
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for: Electric organ
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for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Score, part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345566
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, organ
Piano score
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10 easy Pieces for piano
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 672687
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1019945
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: SATB, Brass Sextet, Timpani, Percussion and Organ
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
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for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 963427
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 987223
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 940983
for: Saxophone
Score
Item no.: 940870
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 940792
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 940467
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 940174
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 940099
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 939981
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 939978
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 939777
for: Women's choir (SA/SAA) [mixed choir (SABar)], piano
Score
Item no.: 577443
including printable Piano parts on CD
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 481967
including printable Piano parts on CD
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 303116
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Flute, guitar
Score
Item no.: 211535
for: Bb Instruments
Book, CD
Item no.: 480631
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 469788
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838194
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 973736
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
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