"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: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 682433
for: Piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 578079
for: Alto saxophone [tenor saxophone]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 134532
for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 457439
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 140428
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 470651
Masterpiece Edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972424
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 667308
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 460141
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 495382
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 817286
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 488109
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 462749
Liberating the Master Musician within
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 289863
Music lesson book
Item no.: 136277
for: Instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107309
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA/SAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216114
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 170339
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 143751
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 242221
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 690155
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012994
for: 1–3 saxophones
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 659125
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 395597
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 667525
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033938
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033456
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026417
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036139
for: Guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 431242
A systematic method for learning licks, accompaniment patterns and improvisation (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621109
for: 2 saxophones (AA/AT/TT)
Ensemble score, 3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 619530
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 186036
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 209245
for: Melody instrument (B-flat) [trumpet/clarinet/tenor saxophone]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 213711
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 399094
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 371461
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036217
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 205534
Exercises
for: Nyckelharpa
Music score
Item no.: 1053335
Englische Ausgabe
for: Mouth organ
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 133289
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), percussion
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160802
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 100236
Jazz and fusion pioneer Mike Clark reveals the secrets behind his funkiest grooves and hottest rhythms in this instructional book and CD set
Innovative Grooves & Advanced Concepts
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 429879
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 466501
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813322