"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.
Poster
Item no.: 483017
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 291885
arranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 686961
for: Double bass, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 636820
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, CD
Item no.: 491884
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 335489
for: Accordion
Item no.: 223220
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 145540
for: Piano 4 hands
Sheet music
Item no.: 1561074
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 689558
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 496661
for: Instrument
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 605605
interpretation of contemporary studio & big band drumming
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 261886
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 318014
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 634744
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 446877
15 transcribed bass lines as played by Paul Gill
Intermediate Jazz Conception
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 464699
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035853
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029794
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662983
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 228422
for: Organ
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 577101
Complete transcription & analysis
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 603128
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 459977
for: Voice
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 370779
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 1165652
Book (with online audio)
Item no.: 217726
A new approach to jazz improvisation
Vol. 3 (Teaching material) (Teaching material)
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat)
Music lesson book, 2 playback CDs
Item no.: 623086
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036166
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 299463
for: Youth string orchestra, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 467719
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 747478
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 144751
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624521
for string quartet or string orchestra
for: String orchestra [2 violins, viola, cello (quartet)]
Score
Item no.: 193718
for: Flute, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316959
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Item no.: 627342
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 674980
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 190625
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 608036
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score, online audio
Item no.: 100107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 446152
for flute solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 183231
for recorder orchestra
The Recorder Orchestra
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SAAATTBGBFL)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 374815
Steps to Improvisation
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 756054
(If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Accordeon Jazztime
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 472823
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 498895
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book (hardcover)
Item no.: 101478
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