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Jazz Combo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.970758 Composed by Mike Strand. Concert,Jazz. Score and parts. 3 pages. Michael M. Strand #5754691. Published by Michael M. Strand (A0.970758). By Mike Strand, ASCAPHere's a swing ballad lead sheet with lyrics, chord symbols, and guitar fret boards, for a jazz group, large or small, with or without a singer. It will serve well as the foundation for a variety of arrangements, contra facts, and improvisations."Fifteen-Five" refers to the date 15-05-2020 (May 15, 2020) expressed the European way -- about three months into the USA pandemic response.The audio sample is a swing ballad accompaniment from iReal Pro, combined with my tune from Finale PrintMusic -- a jazz quartet arrangement. You'll hear a baritone saxophone carrying the melody.Fifteen-Five, Still Alive can well be described as a 16-bar blues, but the chord sequences are a lot more varied than in standard blues. The overall mood is "blue", for sure, but with an overlay of dark humor from the lyrics. The singer's message conveys both philosophical and religious ideas.Two other 2020 pandemic-related tunes of mine, with lyrics, are also for sale on this web site:  Wait It Out, and St. Matthew Blue.  Here are the lyrics for Fifteen-Five, Still Alive: Here it is, three months in – Not sure which, beer or gin. Take a glass and pour one out – One of each, if you’re in doubt.   Don’t sit still or eat too much, Exercise, good food, and such. Then the bug may not kill you, Just a friend, who was careful, too.   Act of Satan or of God? Or just of nature – still a prod For our brains to get involved For this puzzle to be solved.   Yes, we pray for spirit strong To find peace, however long It takes for scientists to find A way to get out of this bind.   If you don’t contract this flu, Don’t claim that God favors you. Maybe passing on from this Is the path to endless "bliss". This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of popular titles and original compositions from a variety of voices and backgrounds. The length, difficulty, and retail pricing are determined solely by the discretion of the person who arranged or composed it. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).