"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.
4 hands piano
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 771800
for: Guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 668831
for: Acoustic guitar [electric guitar]
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 668826
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 766640
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1053289
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), CD, DVD
Item no.: 660396
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 127232
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 641252
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 771473
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 769669
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 767327
for: Electric guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766391
for: Electric guitar
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 766098
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), CD, DVD
Item no.: 765997
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 765647
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 136041
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 770843
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 772086
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online video
Item no.: 767298
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1031494
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766311
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1672364
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 633650
for: Keyboard
Music lesson book
Item no.: 141028
for: Piano
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 765927
Mit Klavierbegleitung, (dt./engl.) (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 131045
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (standard notation), playback-CD, DVD
Item no.: 764938
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 127718
for: Trombone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 428649
for: Classical guitar
Fingering chart
Item no.: 764986
for: Piano
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 636758
Study book (with online audio)
Item no.: 100255
Auf dem Weg zum Jazz I
Jazz-Pizzicato/Skalen/Arco/Hohes Lagenspiel/Tango Argentino (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 582593
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 273135
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 369921
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 373480
for: Classical guitar
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 101428
for: Saxophone
Music lesson book
Item no.: 107601
Per il musicista contemporaneo
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 973120
Chorus Piano
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1208630
Guida completa ai Drop 2
for: Guitar
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 973084
Eine empirische Untersuchung bei Jazzpianisten auf der Basis der Ideenflussanalyse
Studien zur Musikwissenschaft 34
for: Piano
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 662483
Quaderni di Musica/Realtà 63
Book
Item no.: 774087
Storia e leggende di tre grandi del Jazz
Book
Item no.: 1012460
Edizione italiana
Sistemi per lo sviluppo della creatività
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 683229
Volume 1-2-3 in package
for: Piano
3 music scores, CD
Item no.: 1162496
Ein Arbeitsheft zum Selbststudium in 9 Bänden
Band 5, mit vielen Aufgaben und Lösungen
Book
Item no.: 637285
für Posaune (Baß- und Violinschlüssel)
for: Trombone
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 375195
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