Van Alexander

Van Alexander

Alexander Van Vliet Feldman, better known by his stage name Van Alexander (b. 1915) is an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.

Alexander led bands and arranged from high school, and studied composition in college. He landed a job selling arrangements to Chick Webb in the middle of the 1930s. One of these, "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", became a hit for Webb and Ella Fitzgerald, and subsequently became one of her signature tunes. Alexander later arranged other nursery rhymes for jazz performance, such as "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" and "Got a Pebble in My Shoe".

In the late 1930s he formed his own band and played theaters into the 1940s. Later in the 1940s, he was hired by Bing Crosby to work in Hollywood, and worked extensively as a composer, arranger, and conductor for film scores. He wrote a textbook on film arrangement in 1950 called "First Arrangement", and Johnny Mandel studied under him. Alexander's scores include film noir titles such as "Baby Face Nelson", "The Big Operator", and "The Private Lives of Adam and Eve"; he also provided music for television shows such as "Hazel", "The Farmer's Daughter", "Bewitched", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Dennis the Menace", and "The Wacky World of Johnathan Winters". He arranged and conducted for variety shows starring Mickey Rooney, Gordon MacRae, Dean Martin, and Jimmy Stewart. Additionally, he was involved in recording sessions with Kay Starr, Dakota Staton, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Doris Day, and Peggy Lee.

Alexander won several Emmy awards for his television scores, and was presented with the Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime achievement from ASCAP.

References

*Eugene Chadbourne, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9ftxqq5ld6e~T1 Van Alexander] at Allmusic


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