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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Tad Weed</b> (* <a href="5._Mai" title="5. Mai">5. Mai</a> <a href="1957" title="1957">1957</a> in <a href="Jackson_(Michigan)" title="Jackson (Michigan)">Jackson</a>, <a href="Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; † <a href="22._August" title="22. August">22. August</a> <a href="2018" title="2018">2018</a><sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="Ypsilanti_(Michigan)" title="Ypsilanti (Michigan)">Ypsilanti</a>, Michigan) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazzmusiker</a> (<a href="Piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Piano">Piano</a>, <a href="Arrangement" title="Arrangement">Arrangement</a>) und <a href="Hochschullehrer" title="Hochschullehrer">Hochschullehrer</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Weed studierte klassisches Piano und Komposition an der <a href="Central_Michigan_University" title="Central Michigan University">Central Michigan University</a>; anschließend zog er nach Los Angeles. Dort setzte er seine Studien fort; den Bachelor und den Master in Piano Performance und Jazz Studies erwarb er an der Grove School of Music. Im Laufe seiner Karriere arbeitete er u. a. mit <a href="Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a>, <a href="Anita_O%E2%80%99Day" title="Anita O’Day">Anita O’Day</a>, <a href="Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a> und <a href="Jack_Jones_(S%C3%A4nger)" title="Jack Jones (Sänger)">Jack Jones</a> als Pianist und musikalischer Leiter, außerdem mit Peter Soave, <a href="Charles_Lloyd" title="Charles Lloyd">Charles Lloyd</a>, <a href="Nick_Brignola" title="Nick Brignola">Nick Brignola</a>, <a href="Woody_Herman" title="Woody Herman">Woody Herman</a>, <a href="Mundell_Lowe" title="Mundell Lowe">Mundell Lowe</a>, <a href="John_Patitucci" title="John Patitucci">John Patitucci</a>, <a href="Vinny_Golia" title="Vinny Golia">Vinny Golia</a>, <a href="Richie_Cole" title="Richie Cole">Richie Cole</a>, <a href="Teddy_Edwards" title="Teddy Edwards">Teddy Edwards</a>, <a href="Kim_Richmond" title="Kim Richmond">Kim Richmond</a>, <a href="Dick_Berk" title="Dick Berk">Dick Berk</a>, <a href="Dave_Bennett_(Klarinettist)" title="Dave Bennett (Klarinettist)">Dave Bennett</a>, ferner mit dem New York Pops Orchestra (mit dem er in der <a href="Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> auftrat) und mit dem Cleveland Pops Orchestra mit einem <a href="Astor_Piazzolla" title="Astor Piazzolla">Astor Piazzolla</a> Programm. Weed war auch als Musiker und Arrangeur für das Label <a href="Discovery_Records" title="Discovery Records">Discovery Records</a> in Los Angeles tätig; dabei arbeitete er mit Musikern wie <a href="Chaka_Khan" title="Chaka Khan">Chaka Khan</a>, <a href="Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a>, <a href="Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a>, <a href="John_Clayton_(Bassist)" title="John Clayton (Bassist)">John Clayton</a>, <a href="Bill_Watrous" title="Bill Watrous">Bill Watrous</a>, <a href="Shorty_Rogers" title="Shorty Rogers">Shorty Rogers</a>, <a href="Jerome_Richardson" title="Jerome Richardson">Jerome Richardson</a>, <a href="Bud_Shank" title="Bud Shank">Bud Shank</a>, <a href="Stanley_Turrentine" title="Stanley Turrentine">Stanley Turrentine</a>, <a href="Wycliffe_Gordon" title="Wycliffe Gordon">Wycliffe Gordon</a>, <a href="John_Carter_(Klarinettist)" title="John Carter (Klarinettist)">John Carter</a>, <a href="Bobby_Bradford" title="Bobby Bradford">Bobby Bradford</a>, <a href="Betty_Carter" title="Betty Carter">Betty Carter</a>, <a href="Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a>, <a href="Frank_Morgan" title="Frank Morgan">Frank Morgan</a> und <a href="David_Fathead_Newman" class="mw-redirect" title="David Fathead Newman">David Fathead Newman</a> zusammen.
</p><p>Tad Weed lehrte als <a href="Associate_Professor" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Professor">Associate Professor</a> <a href="Jazzpiano" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazzpiano">Jazzpiano</a> an der <a href="University_of_Toledo" title="University of Toledo">University of Toledo</a>. Ferner unterrichtete er als <a href="Adjunct_Professor" class="mw-redirect" title="Adjunct Professor">Adjunct Professor</a> an der <a href="University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <a href="Bowling_Green_State_University" title="Bowling Green State University">Bowling Green State University</a>, <a href="Western_Michigan_University" title="Western Michigan University">Western Michigan University</a>, <a href="University_of_Windsor" title="University of Windsor">University of Windsor</a> und an der University of Oakland. Daneben unterrichtete er Jazz/Komposition in Sommerkursen und trat mit eigenen Formationen auf. Er spielte auch mit The Freedom Ensemble, im <a href="Pete_Siers" title="Pete Siers">Pete Siers</a> Trio und im Piano-Trio <i>Dobbins, Krahnke and Weed</i>. Im Bereich des Jazz war er zwischen 1985 und 2013 an 27 Aufnahmesessions beteiligt.<sup id="cite_ref-lord_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Soloing</i> (Nine Winds, 1992), mit <a href="Ken_Filiano" title="Ken Filiano">Ken Filiano</a>, <a href="Joe_LaBarbera" title="Joe LaBarbera">Joe LaBarbera</a></li>
<li><i>A Tribute to <a href="Gene_Harris" title="Gene Harris">Gene Harris</a></i> (All Story, 1999)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.utoledo.edu/al/svpa/music/faculty/t_weed.html">Porträt bei University of Toledo</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001747594">Tad Weed</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Tad+Weed">Tad Weed</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/annarbor/obituary.aspx?n=tad-weed&pid=190044637">Tad Weed 1957–2018</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-obit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-obit_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><i>RIP Tad Weed – The world lost a truly great musician on Aug 22, 2018.</i> JeffDunn.com, 23. August 2018, ehemals im <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r250917974">
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<li id="cite_note-lord-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-lord_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> <i>The Jazz Discography</i> (online, abgerufen am 24. August 2018)</span>
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