"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
Single edition
Item no.: 889716
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 897687
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 894500
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 139408
for: Piano [keyboard]
Item no.: 101361
for: Big band; strings ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745494
for: Brass Choir
Book
Item no.: 947120
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428086
for: Concert band
Item no.: 375700
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 946595
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936553
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932121
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931196
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947765
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943769
for: Clarinet, alto saxophone
Item no.: 224623
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 337594
for: Piano
Item no.: 337565
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 333494
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677898
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 656478
for: Piano
Item no.: 300699
for: Melodic instrument in C
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 260766
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 245536
for: Medium Low Voice
Book
Item no.: 937511
Set of parts
Item no.: 929315
for: Saxophone
Book
Item no.: 944328
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944257
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 943966
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695172
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 430463
Jazz
for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 193864
Trompete 1 in B
Standard of Excellence
for: Jazz ensemble
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 208440
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761916
Featuring the Clarinet Section
Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692339
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 900623
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 898978
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933351
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903254
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 902072
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 609476
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