"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: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 479763
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 616275
Arbeitsbuch für die Ausbildung der Stimme als Instrument (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Voice
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 224046
for: Electric guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 605814
for: Mouth organ
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 694975
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 495231
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 655405
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online media
Item no.: 1558715
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1008918
1 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet/tenor saxophone]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 563095
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 430595
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 661876
for: Flute
Music lesson book
Item no.: 775241
for: Jazz wind class
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 363762
for: Jazz wind class [guitar]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 363076
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1701134
for: Jazz wind class [bass guitar]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 362879
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767266
for: Trombone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766833
for: Acoustic Guitar
Video-tape
Item no.: 182101
Schule
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 682956
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 251427
for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 194469
for: Jazz wind class [bass guitar]
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 614285
for: Jazz wind class [trombone]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 361897
for: Big band
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 769508
for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767237
for: Jazz wind class [tuba]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 225600
for: Jazz wind class [percussion]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 363761
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 775654
for: Saxophone
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767254
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 972868
Item no.: 612962
Klarinette
Standard of Excellence
for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Clarinet; Playback-CD
Item no.: 274558
Real Book Multi-Tracks Volume 13
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low)
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 697474
for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 295794
for: Acoustic guitar [electric guitar]
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 131643
for: Percussion
Music lesson book
Item no.: 298975
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 766827
for: Electric guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 767240
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 327389
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 194146
13 lecons de solfège chanté
Supérieur
for: Voice, piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 817423
for: Guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1053286
for: Jazz wind class [tenor saxophone (B)]
Single part (lesson book), playback CD
Item no.: 364220
Jamey Aebersold Jazz
for: Several instruments
Music score
Item no.: 494972
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 473147
for: Guitar
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 241760