Tony Evans – I Won’t Send You Roses

I Won’t Send You Roses by Tony Evans & His Orchestra is a classic ballroom dance music collection featuring 12 carefully arranged tracks for Foxtrot, Quickstep, Waltz and Tango. With approximately 27 minutes of music, the album offers a compact but well-balanced selection for ballroom practice, dance lessons, social dancing and teaching.

The album begins with three smooth Foxtrots: “I Won’t Send Roses,” “Patchouli,” and “It’s the Smile in Your Eyes.” These tracks provide the flowing, controlled character associated with Foxtrot and are well suited to practicing movement, timing and musical interpretation.

The tempo then becomes livelier with three Quicksteps: “S’Wonderful,” “It Could Happen to You,” and “Dancing with the Night.” Their brighter rhythmic character gives dancers useful material for practicing Quickstep footwork, timing and continuous movement around the floor.

The collection also includes three elegant Waltzes—“The Kiss in Your Eyes,” “Our Waltz,” and “Eternally”—before concluding with three distinctive Tangos: “La Cumparsita,” “Takes Two to Tango,” and “Adios Muchachos.”

By organizing the program into four major ballroom styles, I Won’t Send You Roses works particularly well as a convenient practice album for dancers and instructors who want several Standard rhythms within one collection.

Track List

1. I Won’t Send Roses – Foxtrot — 2:28
2. Patchouli – Foxtrot — 2:25
3. It’s the Smile in Your Eyes – Foxtrot — 2:54
4. S’Wonderful – Quickstep — 2:10
5. It Could Happen to You – Quickstep — 2:09
6. Dancing with the Night – Quickstep — 2:10
7. The Kiss in Your Eyes – Waltz — 2:23
8. Our Waltz – Waltz — 2:22
9. Eternally – Waltz — 2:25
10. La Cumparsita – Tango — 2:09
11. Takes Two to Tango – Tango — 2:11
12. Adios Muchachos – Tango — 2:09

A particularly useful feature of I Won’t Send You Roses is its clear balance of ballroom rhythms: 3 Foxtrots, 3 Quicksteps, 3 Waltzes and 3 Tangos. This makes it easy for dancers and teachers to move systematically between different Standard styles during a lesson or practice session.

For ballroom enthusiasts looking for traditional orchestral dance music, this Tony Evans collection delivers a concise selection of Foxtrot, Quickstep, Waltz and Tango music with the polished dance-band character associated with Tony Evans & His Orchestra.