Jeff Alexander (born Myer Goodhue Alexander, July 2, 1910, Seattle, Washington; died December 23, 1989, Whidbey Island, Washington) was an American composer of film scores and scores for radio and television programs. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Whidbey Island (historical spelling Whidby) is one of nine Islands located in Island County, Washington, in the United States Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film
As a teenager, Alexander performed as a singer and dancer in vaudeville productions. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s He then began playing piano and composing big band music. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late In 1939, he moved to New York City, where he arranged and composed music for radio programs, including "The Lucky Strike Show" and Amos 'n' Andy. The City of New York Amos 'n' Andy was a situation comedy based on Stereotypes of African-Americans and popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s In 1947, he moved to Los Angeles and began writing film and, later, television scores. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He ultimately composed the scores to 35 films, including The Tender Trap (1955), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Kid Galahad (1962), and Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969). The Tender Trap ( 1955) is a comedy starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, and Celeste Holm. Jailhouse Rock is an American Motion picture directed by Richard Thorpe, released by MGM on November 8, 1957 Kid Galahad is a 1962 Musical film starring Elvis Presley as a boxer. Support Your Local Sheriff! is a 1968 American comic Western film which parodies the often-filmed scenerio of an iconoclastic new arrival who tames His many television credits include music for Family Affair, Julia, and Columbo. Family Affair is a Situation comedy Television series that aired on CBS from September 12 1966 to September 9 1971 The series explored the Julia was a 1960s Television series, best remembered as being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical He wrote the song "Come Wander With Me" for an episode of The Twilight Zone in 1964; it was later used in the 2003 film The Brown Bunny. "Come Wander With Me" is an episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. The Brown Bunny is a 2003 American Independent film written produced and directed by Actor Vincent Gallo about a motorcycle
In 1956, Alexander contributed the tone poems "Yellow" and "Brown" to the album Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color. A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of Orchestral Music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color is a 1956 (see 1956 in music) Album of Tone poems composed by eight notable mid-20th century He also composed a symphony and other classical pieces. A symphony is a Musical composition, often extended and usually for Orchestra. He died in December 1989.
Sources
- American National Biography, vol. The American National Biography is a 24 volume set containing approximately 17400 entries and 20 million words 1, pp. 273-274.
- Jeff Alexander at the Internet Movie Database
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