"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: Clarinet
Item no.: 112009
for: Trumpet/Bass Tuba/Ensemble/Trombone/Saxophone/Clarinet/Euphonium/Baritone
Item no.: 1705980
for: Trumpet/Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Tuba
Item no.: 1705931
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1072423
for: Orgel
Partitur
Item no.: 1674033
for: Jazz-Piano
Partitur
Item no.: 1675597
for string quartet and piano
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 795910
Eight peppy Pieces
for: Sopran-Blockflöte (Oboe, Violine) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 761662
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754533
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733788
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 730659
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727947
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727945
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727942
for: Piano
Item no.: 284087
A brilliant arrangement of the Gershwin classic
for: Flute, violin, viola
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1714087
for: Alphorn (F), concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588363
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 427618
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1714279
for: Combo
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 330453
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 777261
for: Piano
Item no.: 461622
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 461179
Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for brass, woodwind or strings / includes percussion
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607533
for: 2 saxophones (B-flat/E-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 777437
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 775342
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 204805
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 447104
for: Guitar [Flatpicking and Fingerpicking]
Book, CD
Item no.: 827430
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, organ
Piano score
Item no.: 675012
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 362282
for 4 recorders (SATB)
score and parts
for: 4 recorders (SATB) [recorder orchestra]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657220
for: 4 cellos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310001
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 293792
Hal Leonard Instrumental PA
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 661426
for: Drum kit
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 433455
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 322204
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197608
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 551986
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 279882
for: Flexible brass ensemble (5 parts); percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280047
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 220835
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 479400
for: 1–2 trombones
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1043559
for: Ukulele
Music score
Item no.: 648034
for: Orchestra, Ensemble, String Orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 315404
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315659
for: Piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 215088