"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.: 461734
Songbook
Item no.: 193917
for: Jazz ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 939969
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933222
for: Violin
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 828524
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 407414
Practical, easy to use and stable stand for Eb alto saxophones
black
Saxophone stand
Item no.: 666393
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 428247
Postcard
Item no.: 1549799
for: Piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 1548098
for: String orchestra
Book, CD
Item no.: 948950
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948248
for: Jazz ensemble
Book
Item no.: 947802
for: Jazz ensemble
Book
Item no.: 947054
for: Jazz ensemble
Book
Item no.: 946628
for: Jazz ensemble
Book
Item no.: 946516
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 945630
for: Guitar
CD-ROM
Item no.: 942513
for: Keyboard [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 939254
for: Jazz ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938811
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903172
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 887891
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 841682
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 841336
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 828564
for: Guitar [Fingerpicking]
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 828149
for: Guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 827902
for: Percussion solo
Score
Item no.: 819158
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 807602
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 557292
Edition Schott
for: Trompete, Streichorchester und kleine Trommel
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 748240
for: Trompete (Posaune) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 729616
for: 5 Gitarren (5 Blasinstrumente in B, C und Es) und Rhythmusgruppe (Bass, Gitarre, Drums)
Score
Item no.: 729581
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726031
2 Sonatas
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726023
(from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 1)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726916
Variations on an English Hymn
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Music score
Item no.: 733194
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 753792
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752981
Piano piece in two movements based on a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 755481
A Syncopated March and Two Step
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 744388
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 743955
Edition Schott
for: Shakuhachi, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 752773
Ragtime Waltz
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752548
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751015
for large orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 741484
for soprano saxophone and piano
for: Sopran-Saxophon und Klavier
Score, part
Item no.: 748894
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736253
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