"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: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Piano
Ensemble score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir [male choir]
Choir score
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for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Set of parts
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for: Hörner (3), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Schlagzeuge (2), Streicher
Study score
Item no.: 117006
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 294343
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Male choir
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: 4 cellos
Score, part
Item no.: 1340859
for: Choir
Choir score
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16 Short Pieces for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Horn 1 in F (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Trumpet 2 in B-flat (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Tenor saxophone in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1517651
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1483589
for: Concert band
Clarinet 2 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1433291
for: Concert band
Trumpet 3 in B-flat (orchestral part)
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for: Concert band
Tuba (orchestral part)
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