"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: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 362994
Compact Winds Medium
for: Flexible woodwind ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 362509
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 770112
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 765769
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 765741
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 764839
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 576583
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 566052
for: Piano
Item no.: 565947
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 495401
jazz ensemble play-along
for: Trombone
Music score, CD
Item no.: 493040
for: ENSEMBLE CD
Score, Parts
Item no.: 489158
for: Piano
Item no.: 556300
for: Medium High Voice
Book, CD
Item no.: 637378
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634454
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911717
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848778
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848658
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 888927
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 886298
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 849487
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848429
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848216
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 889716
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 897687
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 894500
for: Bass guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 139408
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 105756
for: Piano [keyboard]
Item no.: 101361
for: Big band; strings ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745494
for: Brass Choir
Book
Item no.: 947120
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428086
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 403698
for: Concert band
Item no.: 375700
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 373400
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 946595
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936553
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 945255
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932121
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931196
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947765
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943769
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276748
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276743
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276729
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380081