"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 4 recorders (AATB) score and parts
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Item no.: 644092
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: TTBB A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354046
Variable Besetzungen für Swingband (mittelschwer)
Swing Out
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1664233
Performance/Accompaniment CD
CD
Item no.: 918968
Jazz
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195535
3X Clar. En Sib et Clar. Basse
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073425
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 859450
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657814
Choral
for: SAB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656640
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125328
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1072239
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123485
for: Big band (jazz wind class)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1549545
Transkriptionen klassischer Musik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 770205
Jazz
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 988870
Performance/Accompaniment CD
CD
Item no.: 918412
Jazz
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1535448
Cool Harmoniker
for: 3 violins [violas], 2 cellos; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020315
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668635
für Flöte und Klavier
for: Flute, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662393
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856113
Jazz
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1194753
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123261
for: Tuba, piano
Music score
Item no.: 664129
Performance/Accompaniment CD
CD
Item no.: 919061
Standard of Excellence Collections
for: Concert band
Buch
Item no.: 1595466
Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1593424
Jazz
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 834028
German Brass Collection
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376582
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586691
Traccia 34
for: Concert band
Item no.: 148937
Jazz
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 562800
Jazz
for: Violin, piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 297728
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 489029
Jazz
for: Cello, piano
Solo part, Piano accompaniment, online-audio
Item no.: 276435
Handbuch der Musik im 20. Jahrhundert 9
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 276128
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 272769
Jazz
for: Piano, Bass and Drums
Buch + CD
Item no.: 313709
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 298284
Der Tophit von Adele
aus der Reihe Mega Pop
for: Keyboard; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 655695
Festschrift Ekkehard Jost zum 65. Geburtstag
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 103670
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1095109
Jazz
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1164634
for: Bariton in C
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 101402
Piano Vocal
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 586319
Selections from Volume 2
Second Edition
for: Combo
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 601258