"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.
Easy Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 811150
Young Jazz (Jazz Ensemble)
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 173125
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808561
Seven Easy Solos
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1328272
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168820
Jazz
Buch
Item no.: 838066
Jazz
Buch
Item no.: 1176713
for: Tenorsaxophon und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327679
Jazz
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1107399
Trombone
for: Trombone BC
Book, CD
Item no.: 192779
Jazz
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 153922
Zusatzstimme
for: 4 Flöten
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 191186
Jazz
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1177379
Discovery Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 181225
Featuring Begin the Beguine - Love for Sale - Anything Goes
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 941181
Latin
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 940891
No more Blues
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813135
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 431927
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 1327665
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801640
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 193119
Jazz Chorals
for: Rhythm
Set of parts
Item no.: 811877
Vocal Selections
for: Vocal Selections
Buch
Item no.: 444499
Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 956555
Young Jazz Classics
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 811158
Professional Editions-Jazz Ens
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808627
Jazz Ensemble Library
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 180334
Young Jazz (Jazz Ensemble)
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 165091
2 Pianos, 4 Hands/Very Advanced Level
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 619902
Advanced Level
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933059
play along - Rock, Jazz & Latin
for: Percussion
Buch + CD
Item no.: 880373
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1085192
Jazz
Choir score
Item no.: 1177354
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1084989
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1084950
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1085072
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124787
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124509
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855402
Four Jazzy Flute Quartets
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 428755
Alto Sax/Tenor Sax
for: Eb/Bb Alto- / Tenor Saxophone TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 205677
St. Cecilia Rag (Wilby)
for: Orchestra, Ensemble, String Orchestra
Buch
Item no.: 315404
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 940249
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936730
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 244003
Banjo
for: Banjo
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 487441
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810402
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