Talk:Alfred Reed

Disputed section

Although four (apparently) separate IPs have inserted the statement that Reed died on September 17, 2005, I can find no corroboration of this in Wikipedia, Wikinews, Google News, or the New York Times. Therefore, I have added the {{disuputed}} tag. I would just revert the article again, but I have already made three reversions in the last twenty-four hours, and I don't want to break the three-revert rule. --bdesham 15:35, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Baylor University has a press release out about the death, but I don't consider that confirmation -- they might have been sucked in by the same reports we saw. http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=35789 --SarekOfVulcan 17:50, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Hahahahahaha, looking to Google News and the New York Times for confirmation of a band composer's death, hahahahahahahahaha... SFT 20:16, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

There is additional confirmation on the Bands of American website: http://bands.org/public/resourceroom/honoringreed.asp

Unfortunately it is true

I am a former student of his at the University of Miami and I recieved an email from the family. He did pass on Saturday.

I'm new at this Wikipedia stuff, so forgive me if I'm breaking rules ... There's a brief bio about him the President's Own page, and it has his dates listed at 1921-2005 .... http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/learning_tools/hall_of_composers/reed.htm

Thanks for the citation: looks like it's true after all (you wouldn't believe how many people like to put fake death notices in, so we had to check). And sorry to hear it, too; I'd met him a few times myself and played tons of his band music. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:20, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Ancestry

Reed's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Vienna, Austria. Was he of Jewish ancestry? Badagnani 23:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism - Works for Orchestra section

I removed text that was obvious vandalism (it read "Putas e vinho verde (2013)"). He is deceased and cannot compose, much less come up with obscene titles. This vandalism came from 188.251.67.204 and I am not sure how to report it. ♪♫Kville105125♫♪ 19:37, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Unsourced additions

Recently, an IP editor has been adding that his birth name was "Alfred Friedemann von Mark". All the information that I can find detailing his early life simply have him as "Alfred Friedman". Can anyone else corroborate? Why? I Ask (talk) 09:08, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

@User:220.244.10.106 If you are going to add a source, please do not lie about what it says. Why? I Ask (talk) 16:56, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Date of name change

The article says: "In the early 1930s, Reed hired an agent to help market himself around the New York circles." He was literally 10 in the early 1930s. May it be that this sentence is about his father? 176.241.20.3 (talk) 09:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

This is what his biography says: Around 1934, Alfred began playing trumpet professionally. This meant that he began to associate with many musicians and performers in and around New York City... At this same time, as Alfred began to perform more frequently, he enlisted the services of an agent to help market himself and a nine piece band that he recently formed. This agent suggested that he change his name because it was too long, too German, and too Jewish for the time. The agent felt that a shorter name that was absent of any specific cultural, or religious connotations would be more easily marketed. The agent took one syllable from the name Friedman, that would be easily remembered, easy to spell, and short, and suggested that Alfred Friedman change his name to Alfred Reed. Why? I Ask (talk) 20:01, 26 February 2025 (UTC)