"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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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: Easy Piano
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: HRN-ES 3
Sheet music
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for: Women's choir (SA), cello, piano [organ]
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 791744
for: 1–2 flutes, piano
Sheet music
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for: 1–2 clarinets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 600957
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Trumpet [cornet], piano [organ]
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Small wind band
Trumpet 2, 3 in B-flat [Cornet] (orchestral part)
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for: Small wind band
Bassoon (orchestral part)
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791239
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
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for: String orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
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for: String orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Double bass
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone 2
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet 4 (B-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trombone 1
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part drumset
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part drumset
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Flute
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trombone 3
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet 2
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trombone 2
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet (B-flat) 1
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for: Jazz ensemble
Clarinet 1 in B flat (orchestral part)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Tenor Saxophone
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet 3 (B-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Horn 1 (F)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet 3 (B-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Tenor Saxophone 2 (B-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Bass trombone
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Trumpet 4 (B-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Baritone saxophone (E-flat)
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for: Jazz ensemble
Single part Tenor Saxophone 2 (B-flat)
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