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Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer. Early years. Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. [1] . His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. [2] . He studied music at Columbia University. [1] .
Jul 30, 2015 · Van Alexander, a composer and arranger who adapted a nursery rhyme into “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” which became Ella Fitzgerald’s breakout hit in 1938, died on July 19 at a hospital near his home in...
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. Alexander wrote a textbook on film arrangement...
Jul 20, 2015 · Van Alexander, the 1940s bandleader who co-wrote “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Ella Fitzgerald and went on to score dozens of films and TV shows in the 1950s and ’60s, died of heart failure...
Composer, bandleader, conductor, and author Van Alexander was educated at Columbia University, then formed his own orchestra playing in theatres and on radio, later arranging and conducting for radio. He was the chief conductor and arranger for Gordon MacRae and Sheila MacRae.
May 2, 2012 · Van Alexander is best known for arranging Ella Fitzgerald's career-launching hit A-Tisket A-Tasket, which she recorded on this date—May 2, 1938—with Chick Webb's band. Van arranged the children's song at Fitzgerald's suggestion and wrote the words along with her interchange...
Jul 26, 2015 · Van Alexander, a musical jack-of-all-trades, who co-wrote Ella Fitzgerald’s biggest hit in the 1930s, led a swing band, composed arrangements for other bandleaders and later became a...
