"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.
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029602
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034198
from: Mr. Clementi Goin' On Holidays
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 753163
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 741492
Edition Schott
for: Viola, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756377
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758423
Edition Schott
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747659
from: Waltzing the Blues
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 730224
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758620
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759178
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047672
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049417
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1399
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759616
Edition Schott
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 758345
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722516
Gospel for 2 Violins and Cello
for: 2 violins, cello
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2646
from the opera "The Magic Flute"
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 759162
Edition Schott
for: Alt-Saxophon und Violoncello
Spielpartitur 2 Spielpartituren enthalten
Item no.: 736456
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210170
20 Jazzy Duets
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Music score
Item no.: 748580
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3492
D
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1050006
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049968
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380843
Folk Hymn
bearbeitet für zwei gleiche Instrumente
for: 2 violins [descant recorders/clarinets]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2151
A Ragtime Two Step
Arranged for 2 Solo Instruments and Piano
for: 2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat and C/B-flat/E-flat/viola), piano
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4178
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750571
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722754
Jazzy Fugue for Recorder Quartet
for: Blockflötenquartett (wechselnde Besetzungen S/A/T/B)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 750629
(Theme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 723364
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210152
Fantasia on the Rondo from the Piano Sonata in A major K. 331 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 735656
G
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1666180
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1553886
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047330
20 duets
for: 2 Violinen (und Rhythmusgruppe)
Music score
Item no.: 747700
for: 3 clarinets
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1245722
Gospel for mixed Choir (SAB) and piano 4 hands
(wind-instruments, strings, bass, guitar, timpani, percussion ad lib.)
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
Aria
aus A. Parisottis "Arie antiche"
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2314
Edition Schott
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 752515
arranged for Organ after the Piano Pieces
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 750625
Edition Schott
for: Flute, cello, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 747658
for: 4 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210166
An American in Paris
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209776
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759607
Arrangiert für Jazzklavier / Leicht
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1350925
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554668