Van Alexander
Sign in to saveAmerican bandleader, arranger, and composer (1915–2015)
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- Born
- 1915
- Works
- 2
Top works
- From Harlem to Hollywood
- First arrangement
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Van Alexander (né Alexander Van Vliet Feldman, born May 2, 1915) is an American bandleader, arranger, and composer. Alexander led bands (Van Alexander & His Orchestra) 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Van Alexander.jpg
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- cause of death
- heart failure
- date of birth
- 1915-05-02
- date of death
- 2015-07-19
- Commons category
- Van Alexander
- place of burial
- Hillside Memorial Park
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
- birth name
- Alexander Van Vliet Feldman
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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