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Jazz Combo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.970744 Composed by Carlos Gardel and José Razanno. Arranged by Mike Strand. Concert,Jazz,Latin,World. Score and parts. 2 pages. Michael M. Strand #5001725. Published by Michael M. Strand (A0.970744). Arranged by Mike Strand, ASCAP This is a lead sheet for a bossa nova, for a jazz group, large or small. Thus it may serve as the basis for a variety of arrangements, improvisations, and contrafacts.The audio sample is an iReal Pro jazz bossa nova accompaniment, combined with my tune from Finale PrintMusic.Mano a Mano is one of the great traditional and standard tangos, written by the famous Argentine singer and composer Carlos Gardel.  Mano a Mano translates as "We are even".   The lyrics tell a complex love story, set in Buenos Aires early in the 20th century.  My aim was to preserve the spirit or mood of this tango in this arrangement.Here's a web site for a performance of the tango by Carlos Gardel, along with the original Spanish lyrics:https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mano-mano-we-are-even.htmlHere are the lyrics, translated into English:Lost in my sorrow, today I evoke you And I can see you have been, In my poor, miserable life, Nothing but a good woman Your hot-shot airs Brought warmth to my nest You were kind, acted according to your principles And I know you have loved me As you never loved anyone else As you will never be able to love again The appreciation game started As you, poor lovely woman Dodged poverty at the boarding house Today you are a real big-shot Life smiles and sings for you You waste the money Of those you easily fooled Just like a knavish cat would play With a wretched mouse Today you have your mind full of unhappy illusions Fools, friends and seducers have deceived you The dance of magnates With its crazy temptations, Where social climber pretensions Are realized and surrendered Has settled deep inside your poor heart There's nothing I should thank you for We are even now I don't care about what you've done What you do now, or what you will do I believe I have repaid all the favors I received from you But in case I unintentionally forgot some minor debt If you wish, charge it To one of those fools' account I hope that your achievements, Poor, fleeting achievements, Will become a long line of wealth and pleasure I hope the big-shot who now maintains you Has deep pockets I hope you forsake your association with hustlers And that other men will say "She's a good woman" And tomorrow, when you become decayed, old furniture And you have no hope left in your poor heart If you need a little help, if you would like advice Remember this friend, who will put his life on the line To help you in whichever way he can, when the time comes 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 both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. 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).