Warren Covington

Warren Covington (August 7, 1921^[1] – August 24, 1999) was an American big band trombonist. He was active as a session musician, arranger, and bandleader throughout his career.

Biography

Covington, who was born in

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)
• 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)
• RCA Victor
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• 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)

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