"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 flute solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 183231
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 190625
for recorder orchestra
The Recorder Orchestra
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SAAATTBGBFL)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 374815
(If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Accordeon Jazztime
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 472823
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (hardcover)
Item no.: 101478
for: Guitar
Item no.: 397699
Eight Jazz Duets for two horns in F
for: 2 horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 666400
for: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210165
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 495580
Jazz
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1195488
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392499
for: Bass guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 430101
for: Accordion
Item no.: 191604
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724891
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 676473
for: 3 saxophones (AAT)
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 3713
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 111094
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 300954
The four themes arranged for woodwind quintet
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562150
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 364475
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 665221
20 Pieces for Keyboard
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 353342
Twelve easy to intermediate songs without words
for: Clarinet; piano ad lib.
Music score, CD (with piano accompaniment to print yourself)
Item no.: 696596
for: Symphonic school orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658513
for: Accordion
Item no.: 189199
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 193336
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 225509
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 284122
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 767547
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 414355
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 694115
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758386
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669186
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 646095
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1047146
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 224641
Practice like never before. Workout!
Major scales - arpeggios
for: 1–3 violins; bass instrument (C) ad lib.
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 620652
Study book, CD
Item no.: 343324
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 659326
for: 1–2 tenor saxophones
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 223735
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 137282
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 777771
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494933
for: Voice, jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635216
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 804705
for: Clarinet; voice ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 466567
for: Melody instrument (E-flat)
Buch
Item no.: 1026907