From Harlem to Hollywood: My Life in Music

摘要

Considered by many to be the Dean of contemporary music arrangers, Van Alexander (b. n1915) has written a memoir with Stephen Fratallone, published in 2009 by Bear Manor nMedia. Not only has Alexander arranged and composed for some of the greatest showbiz ntalent of the 20th century, but he has also knows how to tell a joke. Among his colleagues, nAlexander is considered to be the one among them who did it all – performing, arrang-ning, composing, from big band stage shows, television, flm, and recordings, yet through nit all has enjoyed an enviable family life and extended circle of devoted friends.