"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, online audio
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for: Instrument in C (high and low), B-flat or E-flat (flute /violin /clarinet /saxophone /trumpet /horn /trombone /guitar /keyboard /piano /bass)
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
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for: Piano
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for: Trombone
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for: Melody instrument
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Contemporary Sax Styles by The Super Groovers
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Drums
Book
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for: Concert band
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for: Bass instrument (bass clef)
Music score
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for: Piano
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for: Clarinet, piano
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Score
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for: Saxophone
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Book
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Tunes For Intermediate Improvisers
for: Combo [flute/violin/guitar/keyboard]
Realbook (C)
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
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for: Drum kit
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: 4 saxophones
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for: Voice
Music lesson book, online audio
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Ten great etudes for playing and improvising on the blues
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
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for: Cello
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
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Popular Songs Series
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Songbook
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for: Trumpet
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for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, online playback
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28 Solos on Popular Jazz Standards
for: Flute
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
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for: 5 saxophones (AATTBar)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Playback-CD (with parts to print yourself)
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for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
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for: Piano
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for: Drum kit
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Music score
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for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music lesson book
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for: Trombone [euphonium] (violin and bass clef)
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
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