"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: Voice, big band
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Jazz ensemble
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Item no.: 1533897
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533835
for: Jazz ensemble
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Item no.: 1533825
for: Jazz ensemble
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Item no.: 1533821
for: Jazz-combo (3 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score
Item no.: 949007
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score
Item no.: 863673
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813932
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813842
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813816
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 813711
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813594
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809843
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809748
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 815697
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810902
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 810707
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 810681
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 816664
for: Voice, big band
Score
Item no.: 816204
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score
Item no.: 816193
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 814366
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814139
for: Rhythm section (piano/ guitar/ bass guitar/ drums)
Set of parts
Item no.: 814132
for: Guitar
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 332278
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 426153
for: Oboe
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 247160
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 247158
for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 321516
Latin
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616689
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 179783
Songs and Exercises
for: Clarinet; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 262086
Songs and Exercises
for: Clarinet; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 262075
Songs and Exercises
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [tenor horn]; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 262089
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Buch + CD
Item no.: 274739
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