"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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
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for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), DVD
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
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for: Guitar
Music score, CD
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for: Piano
Music score, CD
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
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for: School class (basic school)
Lesson book (with online media)
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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The Bending Bible for the 10-Hole Diatonic Harmonica
for: Mouth organ
Music lesson book, online audio
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, playback-CD
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for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
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for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
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for: Guitar
Music score, CD
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for: Trumpet
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score, CD
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for: Saxophone
Music score
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for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Buch + CD
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958537
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 318724
for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs)
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
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for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
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for: Violin
Music score
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for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), 3 CDs
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for: Guitar
Music score, CD
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), trumpet, piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533095
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Buch
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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