Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Chas - LP collection_jazz_evening_relaxation Please Don't Go

Please Don't Go

Fire in Cairo

The group’s smooth harmonies and easygoing folk-pop sound are showcased throughout the record

Beast of Burden

blending crushing heaviness with haunting

Tommy Dorsey - Tea For Two Cha Chas - LP collection_jazz_evening_relaxation Please Don't GoTommy Dorsey Tea For Two Cha Chas Tea For Two Cha Chas catches the Tommy Dorsey orchestra adapting to the cha cha boom under trombonist Warren Covington. Covington took over after Dorseys death in 1956, and this 1958 album was the orchestras first released after that change, pairing big band swing tradition with a dance rhythm that was very much in the air at the time. That makes it more than a novelty title: its a neat document of a famous swing era