"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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806791
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804622
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801977
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 804191
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804156
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808634
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810843
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 798204
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018155
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167800
for: SSATBB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1169518
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 820549
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 608773
Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for brass, woodwind or strings / includes percussion
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681726
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806698
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 579872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 171902
for: 2 baritone horns [tenor horns/trombones], tuba
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1713286
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 579625
for: Gemischter Chor, SAABar, SATB
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 311496
The Christmas classic "Jingle Bells" in a sophisticated swing arrangement
Jazz Beginnings Series
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679630
for: Descant recorder
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 133817
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 662409
for: Drum kit
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1655437
Playback-CD, USB-STICK
Item no.: 649609
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1556232
for: Jazz-combo (3 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score
Item no.: 1533542
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1066495
for: Accordion
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 697145
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124994
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 947995
for: Ukulele
Songbook
Item no.: 648401
for: Brass band
Item no.: 300566
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 133748
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 371471
Adventsmusik für Bläser
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 488134
Jazz
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920124
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562741
Gospel-Oratorium zur Weihnachtsgeschichte nach dem Lukas-Evangelium
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 337934
Horn & CD Playback
for: TRP (1-2) KLAV (ORG)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 600746
Posaune und Klavier/Orgel
(Bassschlüssel)
for: POS (1-2) KLAV (ORG)
Sheet music
Item no.: 600725
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633622
for: Flute Solo or Duet & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1271493
for: Trumpet or Cornet Solo or Duet & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1271482
for: Flute Solo or Duet & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1271471
for: Clarinet Solo or Duet Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271468
for: Trumpet or Cornet Solo or Duet & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271459
for: F Horn Solo or Duet & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271458