Violist whose recording career spanned several decades and involved some of the biggest names in pop.
Recordings on which he appears include: Ain’t That Good News by Sam Cooke; Back to Mono by Phil Spector; Chet Atkins in Hollywood; Duane Eddy Rocks; Ear Candy by Helen Reddy; The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi; Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book; Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin; Four Platters and One Lovely Dish; It’s a Wonderful World by Les Brown; Love by Rosemary Clooney; Move Over Darling by Doris Day; One Hell of a Ride by Willie Nelson; Portrait Gallery by Harry Chapin; The Smile Sessions by the Beach Boys; The Sound of the Million Sellers by Don Costa; The Stewart Years by the Kington Trio; That’s What Friends Are For by Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams; The Voice by Frank Sinatra; and, The Wichita Train Whistle Sings by Michael Nesmith.
He can also be heard on Henry Mancini’s soundtracks of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Charade.
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams recordings
Emotion (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb)
S CBS 6164B (UK 45)
Here is “Everything Counts” from David Axelrod’s Heavy Axe which Alexander performs on…
Sources:
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexander-neiman-mn0001639707
- http://home.cogeco.ca/~mansion1/alexanderneiman.html
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/Alexander+Neiman
- http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/mikevans/hroberts/sounds/side60s.html
- http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Chet-Atkins-in-Hollywood-%5B%231%5D—CD/4333554.p?id=1397084&skuId=4333554