Gerald Dunn and Ahmad Alaadeen at The Blue Room
Gerald Dunn points at Ahmad Alaadeen, who is wearing a fedora and pursing his lips, at The Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri. The bar and crowd can be seen behind them.
Gerald Spaits and Ahmad Alaadeen performing
Gerald Spaits (bass) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone); performing at an unidentified venue with large windows that overlook the city.
Gerald Spaits, Ray DeMarchi, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform
Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Ray DeMarchi (drums) performing at "Books, Ballads and Bebop!" during a benefit for Marillac Center's Therapeutic Day School at the Piano Room in...
Getting ready for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, Chuck Berg sit at the panel table with Bobby Watson and Ronnell Bright standing in background conversing as an unidentified man walks onto the stage...
Governor Bob Holden makes remarks during a performance by Ahmad Alaadeen at the Governor's Mansion
Ahmad Alaadeen and Governor Bob Holden (addressing the audience) stand at a microphone after Alaadeen's performance at the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Governor Bob Holden, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Lori Hauser Holden pose for a photograph
Ahmad Alaadeen flanked by Governor Bob Holden and First Lady Lori Hauser Holden during a photo-op for Alaadeen's visit to the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, Missouri. Signed in gold ink by Bob...
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sean Conly at the Missouri Heritage Fair
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, grinning and wearing a Kufi cap, and Sean Conly stand outdoors among the exhibition tents during the Missouri Heritage Fair on the History Museum grounds in Forest Park in...
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sean Conly at the Missouri Heritage Fair
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, and Sean Conly stand outdoors among the exhibition tents during the Missouri Heritage Fair on the History Museum grounds in Forest Park in St. Louis...
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sean Conly at the Missouri Heritage Fair
Greg Riley, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, and Sean Conly stand outdoors during the Missouri Heritage Fair on the History Museum grounds in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri.
Group 21 getting ready for a live broadcast of NPR's Talk of the Nation
Alaadeen and Group 21: Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Pat Flynn (drums); on stage running through a sound check for a...
Group of musicians waiting offstage at the outdoor concert venue of the 1993 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival
Unidentified group of people relaxing in the shade, including Speedy Huggins (seated, white shirt, black tie) and Ahmad Alaadeen (wearing a white flat cap, holding saxophone); and possibly Tyrone...
Hal Malia and Ahmad Alaadeen talk
Hal Melia's back is to the photographer as he talks with Ahmad Alaadeen during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri...
Hamza Luqman and LaVerne Barker rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano) and LaVerne Barker (bass), wearing a ball cap, rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Ahmad Alaadeen's soprano saxophone can be seen on the left of...
Hamza Luqman, LaVerne Barker, and Ahmad Alaadeen rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano), LaVerne Barker (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified drummer rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
Harmonica player takes the solo as Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music
An unidentified guitarist, mostly out of frame, Chris Clarke (piano, mostly obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured), an unidentified fiddler, mostly out of frame...
Harold O'Neal performs at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Harold O'Neal looks down at the keys of a white baby grand piano while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Helen Sung and Ahmad Alaadeen during the T.S. Monk concert series
Helen Sung and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage for a photograph at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri.
Helen Sung, a fan, and Ahmad Alaadeen during the T.S. Monk concert series
Helen Sung, an unidentified man wearing overalls, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City...
J.B. Kirkpatrick and Ahmad Alaadeen smile for the photographer
[From attached caption:] "Lower Beaton Street Dixieland Band Director J.B. Kirkpatrick participates in band clinic with Alaadeen and the Corsicana High School Jazz Band." [Corsicana, Texas] Alaadeen...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen perform for a group of children
From the left side Ahmad Alaadeen, playing a sax, visible standing behind the lifted lid of the baby grand piano that Jay McShann is playing, his back to the photographer. Donivan Bailey (drums), sits...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen perform for film
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stands to play a tenor saxophone and Jay McShann sits and plays a baby grand piano with it's lid open while an unidentified cameraman films them at an unidentified...