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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...
Jul 22, 2015 · Van Alexander, a big band arranger and bandleader whose arrangements date back to 1936 and was best known for A-Tisket, a Tasket, a song he co-wrote with Ella Fitzgerald and arranged for Fitzgerald and Chick Webb in 1938, died on July 19 in Los Angeles. He was 100.
Jul 20, 2015 · Van Alexander, the 1940s US bandleader who became a prolific film and TV show composer, has died aged 100. According to Variety, the conductor and author died of heart failure on Sunday in a...
He was a band leader, a composer and a prolific music arranger in Hollywood for television and film. Alexander, who continued to compose and arrange television and...
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...
Considered one of the greatest arrangers of the big band era, Van Alexander was also known for his ability to put together quality orchestras. Unfortunately for him, those two skills didn’t translate into success for his own band, which never really managed to get off the ground.
