"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: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 428395
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 143284
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 268880
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 478956
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 467711
for 4 recorders (AATB)
score and parts
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661914
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817691
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 561223
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 121042
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 678508
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score
Item no.: 1533521
for: Voice (high)
Songbook
Item no.: 656273
Gestatteter Nachdruck (1927, Universal Edition, Wien)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203023
German Brass Collection
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634096
Akkordeon Jazztime
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 272817
for: Voice, big band
Score
Item no.: 802524
for: Voice, piano [harpsichord/ organ /celesta]
Songbook
Item no.: 695004
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 615562
for: Accordion
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 179340
for: Trumpet, trombone, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 599721
for: Clarinet, trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599643
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 183943
Suite für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 476723
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759607
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565540
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554668
Edition Schott
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736996
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano 4 hands; winds, strings, bass, guitar, timpani, percussion ad lib.
Score, piano reduction, solo parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4938
Edition Schott
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 752515
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049961
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2314
for: Tuba, organ
Item no.: 472019
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 934179
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 467106
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1350925
for: Piano, double bass [bass guitar], percussion
Score
Item no.: 637184
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 664486
for: Horn, trombone
Ensemble score
Item no.: 609145
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1611986
for Bb and Eb Instruments
for: Melody instrument (B-flat/E-flat)
Music score (melody with chords), Playback-CD
Item no.: 619698
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 610501
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 171778
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 121070
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 287062
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291431
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1128063