Seth Lee tries to figure out what's going on with Ahmad Alaadeen
An unidentified man stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and Seth Lee while hanging out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sonny Kenner and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th birthday celebration
Sonny Kenner (guitar) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri. The audience is visible in the foreground of the...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jimmy Witherspoon prepare to perform
Sonny Kenner (guitar), laughing, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals) prepare to perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor and Dooley Weilert during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner looking to his left, stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert (mostly out of frame), during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown, with his arm around Dooley stand together during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown, with his arm around Dooley stand together during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Dooley Weilert and Leonard Brown during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner grins as he holds a folder in his left hand. He stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen who is smiling and wearing a kufi hat. Dooley Weiler, to Ahmad's right, is facing and pointing toward...
Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, and Ahmad Alaadeen enjoy Ahmad's award
Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, share a laugh as Ahmad Alaadeen shows his award to the photographer backstage during the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Logan Richardson...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
John Henry Hoard (soprano saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Sonny Kenner (behind clergyman in red)...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (in background, baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
(Front row) Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Logan Richardson (alto saxophone), unidentified (soprano saxophone); (second row) John Henry Hoard...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Logan Richardson (alto...
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives")
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives")
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen
T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, stands with his arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's, wearing a kufi cap, should backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas...
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen
T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri.
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen in conversation
T.S. Monk stands sideways to the photographer as he speaks with Ahmad Alaadeen who is wearing a kufi cap, backstage at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in...
Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Dennis Winslett, and Gerald Dunn smile for the photographer
Tim Perryman, holding a trombone, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, Dennis Winslett, and Gerald Dunn, wearing a ball cap, smile at the photographer on the occasion of Clark Terry's visit for the...
View of Ahmad Alaadeen from the sound booth
Photograph taken from the sound booth showing Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Mike Warren (drums) while performing on an outdoor pavilion behind the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.