"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: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 278017
for: Melody Line [variable tuning] and Rhythm Section
Score
Item no.: 1167970
for: Jazz Sextet
Score
Item no.: 1167953
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1167944
for: Jazz-Octet
Score
Item no.: 1167881
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1167849
for: Soloists, choir, piano, instruments
Score
Item no.: 139849
5-Part Ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597459
for: GES-H (S/T) GCH ORG
Score
Item no.: 204543
for: Piano [keyboard]
Item no.: 433155
for: Trombone, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 966939
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 982223
Songs and Exercises
for: Saxophone; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 245384
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1195900
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658876
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 633941
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 603224
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 458440
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 456899
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443326
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443323
for: Big band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 443319
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 443314
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 443005
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Item no.: 482711
for: Bass Instruments
Book
Item no.: 455647
for: Guitar
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 675068
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Single part, Audio-CD
Item no.: 671712
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 671703
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 671082
for: Jazz-combo (3 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Piano score, combo parts, online audio
Item no.: 664175
(Thelonious Monk)
for: Jazz-combo (flex instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697486
for: Jazz-combo (flex instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695263
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 811652
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811632
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 687011
Easy version of one of the Duke's biggest songs
Discovery Concert Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673751
The distinctive music of "Charlie Brown and the Peanuts"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672832
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685016
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 683725
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 682633
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681391
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 805642
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805450
for: Tiefes Blechbläserensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805400
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805380
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