"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: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815818
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815805
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 815651
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 815624
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1019836
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1019602
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1019390
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1019062
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1541566
Ten Jazz Standards for Trumpet
(with lyrics and chords)
for: Trumpet (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 496634
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486095
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 329392
for: Brass band
Item no.: 132680
for: B INST (BLECH) CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 226086
for: STR
Score, Parts
Item no.: 121060
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 665877
for: Mixed choir a cappella
[englisch]
Item no.: 409561
for: Piano
Item no.: 402841
for: Trumpet
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 284484
for: 4 flexible winds (clarinet, trumpet, saxophone, trombone), rhythm section (guitar, piano [keyboard], bass, drums)
Piano score, combo parts, online audio
Item no.: 563747
Online audio (without sheet music)
Item no.: 563704
for: Youth concert band
Item no.: 554266
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489424
for: Voice
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 488981
for: Youth concert band
Item no.: 487934
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 485417
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482303
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 477875
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 678627
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1665061
Transcribed Band Score
for: Melodic instrument (C), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Score
Item no.: 1664756
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664619
Rock
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657667
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1023370
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1023366
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1534284
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1534047
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1534036
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1534008
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533994
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533979
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533973
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533966
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533921
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533916
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533914
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533863
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533861