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:
Here 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
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