Van Alexander
Bandleader, Film music contributor
1915 –
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Who is Van Alexander?
Van Alexander 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".
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- Born
- May 2, 1915
New York City - Also known as
- Alexander Feldman
- Alexander Van Vliet Feldman
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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