Warren Covington

Warren Covington (August 7, 1921 The track peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1958.

A player who also occasionally played, with a variety of the baritone horn, baritone and tenor saxophone, Covington participated in the big bands of Charles Mingus, Randy Weston, Bobby Hackett, and George Benson on recordings, and also a number of film soundtracks.

He died in 1999 in New York.

Discography As leader Shall We Dance? (Decca, 1956) Teenage Hop (Decca, 1957) Latin Si! (Decca, 1962) Dancing Trombones (Decca, 1962) Everybody Twist (Decca, 1962) Let's Dance Latin (Decca, 1964) Golden Trombones Favorites (Decca, 1966) Latin Dance Party (Vocalion, 1967)

With Tommy Dorsey The Fabulous Arrangements of Tommy Dorsey in Hi-Fi (Brunswick, 1958) Tea for Two Chas Chas (Decca, 1958, No. 38 US) More Tea for Two Cha Chas (Decca, 1959) The Swingin Era (Decca, 1959) Dance and Romance (Decca, 1960) Tricky Trombones (Decca, 1960) It Takes Two (Decca, 1960) Dance to the Songs Everybody Knows (Decca, 1961) Golden Trombones Favorites (Decca, 1966)

As sideman George Benson, Bad Benson (CTI, 1974) Les Brown, The Uncollected Les Brown and His Orchestra 1944–1946 (Hindsight, 1976) Chris Connor, Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song (Atlantic, 1957) Giora Feidman, The Art of the Klezmer (Star, 1979) Astrud Gilberto, Beach Samba (Verve, 1967) Eartha Kitt, That Bad Eartha (RCA Victor, 1953) Eartha Kitt, Thursday's Child (RCA Victor, 1957) Gene Krupa, The Gene Krupa Orchestra (Durium, 1974) Yusef Lateef, Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973) Betty Madigan, The Jerome Kern Songbook (Coral, 1958) Van McCoy, Love Is the Answer (Avco, 1974) Houston Person, Harmony (Mercury, 1977) Don Sebesky, Giant Box (CTI, 1973) George Segal, A Touch of Ragtime Featuring the Music of Scott Joplin (Signature, 1974) Phil Silvers, Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass (Columbia, 1957) The Spinners, Dancin' and Lovin' (Atlantic, 1979) Randy Weston, Blue Moses (CTI, 1972)