"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: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183744
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183656
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183296
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1179077
for: CLARINETTO, E PIANOFORTE, MUSICA DA CAMERA
Item no.: 1679768
for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score, online media
Item no.: 1703613
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184139
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184004
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183893
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183822
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183689
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183549
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011875
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179727
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181471
for: Horn, organ
Item no.: 277587
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181795
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181225
for: Fanfare Band/Flex
Score
Item no.: 1180141
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1179810
for: Concert Band/Mixed Choir(satb/sab)
Item no.: 1710422
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181078
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180827
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593611
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 741693
for: Saxophone (B-flat/E-flat) [trumpet/clarinet/flute/keyboard/guitar]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 660596
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658885
(from Pièces de Clavecin)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726933
A New Ragtime
for: Piano
Spielbuch mp3 download see details inside
Item no.: 754589
Two-Step
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752558
Concert Fantasy
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 728472
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727970
for: Flute, alto saxophone, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600034
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313912
Fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: 6 Violoncelli (oder Streichsextett)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750610
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1245113
after Texts from the Old and New Testament
for: Sopran, Bariton, gemischter Chor und Orchester (Flöte, Oboe, Englischhorn, Fagott, 2 Hörner in F, Cembalo, Streicher)
Score
Item no.: 757877
for: gemischter Chor (SAM), Tasteninstrument, Blasinstrumente
Score
Item no.: 154278
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1350991
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543514
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543509
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351037
Edition Schott
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 725314
for: Cello
ERG ST
Item no.: 339406
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 212397
for: Big band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 656271
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813514
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 686831