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BBJ newsletter... FEATURES IN THE MAY-JUNE, 2008 BBJ NEWSLETTER An in-person interview with VAN ALEXANDER, best known for A-TISKIT, A-TASKIT, co-written with Ella Fitzgerald. We learn about his considerable musical contributions to major TV shows and background music for movies. He's accompanied such singing stars as Kay Starr, Gordon MacRae and Dean Martin. VAN ALEXANDER'S story in his own words. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR include an emotional story from a reader about listening to Armed Forces Radio while hiding in a makeshift bunker during WWII. Another readers tells of the use of Billy Butterfield's expressive trumpet in a current TV commercial. The May-June, 2008 issue has humorous SIDELIGHT stories about younger generations confusion about Great American Music, and the problems Duke Ellington had with sax man Paul Gonsalves. The series about ARRANGERS continues with MEL POWELL, the young genius who did so much for Benny Goodman and then Glenn Miller's Military Band. There's a story about a Big Band girl singer who became a motion picture star. We learn how JANET BLAIR went from Hal Kemp's band to movie stardom. As always, the current BBJ NEWSLETTER is filled with photographs, plus a Big Band Trivia Quiz. The BBJ NEWSLETTER is in its 19th year of publication! Subscribe by clicking here or phone 1-800-377-0022 to subscribe with Visa or MasterCard. WE'D WELCOME YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE BBJ NEWSLETTER! IT'S IN THE HOMES OF THOUSANDS OF BIG BAND ENTHUSIASTS. Order Yours Now! click here.