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...
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...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen share a laugh
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, looks down and smiles as he stands behind a seated Jay McShann. Jay grins to his left. They are at an unidentified venue possibly in the 18th and Vine District in...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen walk away down the street
Jay McShann, wearing a ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, walking away from the photographer, arm in arm, down the street with two women in walking in front of them possibly in the 18th...
Jay McShann greets a fan
A seated Jay McShann shakes the hand of an unidentified African American woman at unidentified venue, possibly in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann greets Ahmad Alaadeen in the 18th and Vine District
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen shaking hands, flanked by Marianne McShann and Carmell Jones in the 18th and Vine District, possibly an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City".
Jay McShann laughing with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stands to the left of a seated Jay McShann and laughs. Jay laughs as he points with his right hand toward Ahmad They are at an unidentified venue possibly in the...
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Speedy Huggins take a break at The Blue Room
An unidentified man stands in background as another unidentified sits at a table with Jay McShann, in a tuxedo with a drink in his hand, and likely Speedy Huggins, wearing a flat cap. Ahmad Alaadeen...
Jimmy Heath and Ahmad Alaadeen
Jimmy Heath, wearing a kufi hatk, and Ahmad Alaadeen, eating, sitting at a table that is backstage with others at the Gem Theater during the "The Heath Brothers: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in...
Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen
U.S. Representative to Missouri Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, stand outside Mutual Musicians Foundation during a photo-op of Kansas City blues and jazz musicians
Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen
U.S. Representative to Missouri, Karen McCarthy, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, standing outside Mutual Musicians Foundation during a photo-op of Kansas City blues and jazz musicians.
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame inductees sit on the stage
Ahmad Alaadeen (seated second from right) and Luqman Hamza over Ahmad's left shoulder and other inductees sit on stage during the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame Gala held at the Gem...
Logan Richardson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal at the Blue Room
Logan Richardson, holding an alto saxophone, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal stand an smile for the photographer at the Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Donivan Bailey (drums), unidentified bass player, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group of elementary school...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Donivan Bailey performing for a group of elementary school students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified (bass, mostly obscured), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, performing for a group of elementary school students; Mutual Musicians...
Luqman Hamza, Donivan Bailey and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified bassist, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group...
Marianne McShann, Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen and a friend on 18th and Vine
Marianne McShann, an unidentified woman, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand arm in arm in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and...
Marvin Jones gets a hug from Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, hugs Marvin Jones, who is pointing at Ahmad with his right hand, during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and...
Matt Kane, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Tim Perryman perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white kufi hat, holding a copy of his CD "Time Through The Ages" and wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified sax player (in doorway), and Tim...
Milt Jackson and Ahmad Alaadeen during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Milt Jackson and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, smile at the photographer during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Movie set of "Kansas City"
Crowd of musicians, photographers and others on a movie set; including Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen in 18th and Vine District, possibly an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City...
Panel at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Panel discussion with Jay McShann, Billy Taylor, Al Grey and others during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Patti Austin and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater
Patti Austin stands to the right next to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and tuxedo and holding a saxophone while hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...
Patti Austin and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater
Patti Austin stands to the right next to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and tuxedo and holding a saxophone while hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...