"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.
Vocal Solo-Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Solo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642961
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1641755
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1641254
Vocal Solo-Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Solo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1640505
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1640467
Die Video-Kindergitarrenschule für den Unterricht ab 8 Jahren
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online media
Item no.: 1558715
op. 95
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1641745
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1641746
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1641285
16 berühmte Jazz-Balladen
Schott Violin Lounge
for: Violin; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1632644
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1641744
for: Fanfare, Clarinet and Saxophone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1635036
Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz (Hardcover)
Buch Gebunden
Item no.: 1634277
for: Concert Band/Harmonie, Clarinet and Saxophone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1635068
for: Concert Band/Harmonie, Clarinet and Saxophone
Score
Item no.: 1635067
for: Fanfare, Clarinet and Saxophone
Score
Item no.: 1635035
Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz (Paperback)
Book
Item no.: 1634276
Fretted
for: Ukulele
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1635467
for: Piano
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 1633781
Bass Spielen In Jazz, Rock und Pop
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1633690
for solo piano and jazz band (Full Score)
for: Jazz Band
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1632642
for solo piano and jazz band (Two-Piano Score)
for: 2 pianos
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1632641
Jazz Piano Solos Series Vol. 64
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1633262
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1632632
Play 'em Right!
for: Alto saxophone [tenor saxophone]
Buch + Online-Audio
Item no.: 1631886
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1288167
12 iconic songs
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1628957
Musica bremensis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1613233
Trumpet Calesthenics for the Modern Improvisor
for: Trumpet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1351489
14 easy jazzy pieces
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1611986
14 intermediate jazzy Pieces
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1611985
for: Guitar
Music lesson book (with chord charts)
Item no.: 1596245
Essential Elements
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533776
Discovery Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533464
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1583006
Geistliche Musik
for: SSATBB, Tenor Solo, Violin and Cello
Choir score
Item no.: 1584629
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584803
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584610
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1582389
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1559693
An Insider’s Guide to Jazz Guitar and Studio Work
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1582368
Schott Piano Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1558678
A Collection of Cakewalks, Rags, Slow Drags, and Foxtrots from the Gilded Age
for: Mandolin
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1582132
12 New Bossa Novas
for: Flute
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1581979
in the styles: Klezmer, Irish, Portuguese, Spanish, Bulgarian, Italian, Russian
for: Clarinet (B flat); piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1582076
Die Ausgabe besteht aus 2 Spielpartituren
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582094
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1566957
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1566972