"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.
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Music lesson book
Item no.: 101359
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 460141
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 682433
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 140428
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 462749
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 211123
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
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for: Melody instrument (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 159243
for: 2 Saxophone
Spielpartitur
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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: 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: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 371461
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036217
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 395597
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 242221
for: 2 saxophones (AA/AT/TT)
Ensemble score, 3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 619530
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 289863
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: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012994
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047505
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 690155
for: 1–3 saxophones
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 659125
Music lesson book
Item no.: 136277
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 205534
for: Instrument [voice]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493356
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 186036
for: Melody instrument (B-flat) [trumpet/clarinet/tenor saxophone]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 213711
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone]
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 209245
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 399094
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813322
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1478701
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612327
for: Xylophone
Book
Item no.: 362584
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027765
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035044
Aus dem Film "Breakfast at Tiffany's
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 665895
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 207614
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), big band
Choir score
Item no.: 327429
Exercises
for: Nyckelharpa
Music score
Item no.: 1053335
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), percussion
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 160802