After graduating from college, Alexander worked in the big bands of Teddy Phillips, Ralph Marteri, Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller. He soon began teaching high school in Oklahoma and then enrolled at North Texas State for an advanced degree in trombone performance.
The first seven tracks on Secret Love featured Jim Linahon, John Harbaugh, Tom Gause, David Alexander and John Thomas (tp); Bill Yeager, Charles Stolfus, Jeff Tower and Lee Gause (tb); Ashley Alexander (tb,ldr); Matt Catingub, Keith Squires, Gordon Goodwin, Matt Datillo and Dan Barilone (saxophones); Frank Mantooth (p); Les Johnson (g); Bob Bowman (b); Nick Ceroli (d;) and Tony Villa and Mark Villa (perc).
JazzWax tracks: You'll find Ashley Alexander's Secret
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