WARREN COVINGTON/TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA - TEA FOR TWO CHA CHAS * NEW CD

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Additional Information from Movie MarsProduct Description Personnel: Rolf Kühn (clarinet, alto saxophone); Joe Lopes (alto saxophone); Lester Perry (tenor saxophone); Gene Allen (baritone saxophone); Paul A. Perman Jr. , Robert Tillotson , John Frosk (trumpet); Lawrence J. Boyle , David J. Ecker (trombone); Hal Turner (piano); Teddy Sommer (drums).Audio Remasterer: Robin Cherry.Liner Note Author: Christopher Popa.Recording information: New York, NY (04/23/1958); New York, NY (09/03/1958); New York, NY (09/22/1959); New York, NY (10/13/1959); New York, NY (10/14/1959); New York, NY (10/15/1959); New York, NY (11/17/1958); New York, NY (11/18/1958).Director: Warren Covington.After Tommy Dorsey passed away in November 1956, trombonist Warren Covington assumed leadership of the Dorsey band, and continued making records for Decca on the LP format. Dorsey's final releases were the long-playing Decca albums In a Sentimental Mood and a sampling of musical comedy hits by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Tea for Two Cha Chas, which was Covington's first essay at the helm of the Dorsey group, outsold the earlier albums and achieved enormous popularity as the best-selling Dorsey LP of them all. While this may seem at first like a suspiciously kitschy attempt to cash in on the Caribbean dance trend instigated by Xavier Cugat, Desi Arnaz, and read more