Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen play saxophones with another saxophonist at Charlie Parker's gravesite
An unidentified saxophonist in a ball cap plays a saxophone along side Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ben Kynard visits The Blue Room
Ben Kynard likely at the Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, and an unidentified sax player wearing a straw fedora, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite...
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, play saxophones during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City...
Benny Carter and Ahmad Alaadeen play their saxes on the street
Benny Carter and Ahmad Alaadeen play their saxophones on the street in the 18th and Vine District, possibly during an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City." A clarinet player...
Big band performing at The Blue Room
Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, bottom left) performing with an unidentified big band which includes Al Pearson (trumpet, far right), Earlie Braggs and likely, Tim Perryman (trombone), at the Blue Room in Kansas...
Billy Taylor and Ahmad Alaadeen
Billy Taylor, writing on a paper, and Ahmad Alaadeen watching him write, stand by a brick wall at an unidentified venue and event. An unidentified man stands mostly obscured in the foreground of the...
Bob Bowman, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen and T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim enjoy the Mid-America Jazz Conference
An unidentified woman stands with Bob Bowman, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a flat cap, during the Mid-America Jazz Conference at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater
Bobby Watson, wearing a derby hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and a tuxedo, are hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin' on the Vine" at the Gem...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, stand and smile at the photographer during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, stand and talk during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen listen as the bass player and Sam Johnson, Jr., the drummer, perform at Generations of Jazz
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, and Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, listen while an unidentified bass player and Sam Johnson, Jr. (drums) perform at...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen perform on the street in the 18th and Vine District
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen, sit outdoors with their instruments and wearing ball caps while an unidentified woman wearing an apron stands to Ahmad's right during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala...
Bobby Watson at the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives")
Bobby Watson, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza at the "Bird Lives" statue in Kansas City, MO
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, and Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi hat, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza during the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, and Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi hat, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, and Gerald Dunn during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap backwards, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Gerald Dunn, also wearing a cap, during the "21-Sax Salute"...
Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen
State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen laugh as they stand together at an unidentified venue and event..
Butch Berman, Jo Boehr, Fanny Dunfee, Steve Irwin, Ahmad Alaadeen and at The Blue Room
Butch Berman, wearing a Dashiki-style shirt, Jo Boehr, Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, Steve Irwin, Ahmad Alaadeen, also wearing a Dashiki-style shirt, and an unidentified woman gather around a table at The...
Carolyn and Mel Wanzo with Yoko Takemura and Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen share a meal
Carolyn Wanzo, Yoko Takemura, Mel Wanzo, Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, and Ahmad Alaadeen at an unidentified restaurant on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.
Charlie Menghini and Ahmad Alaadeen have a standing meeting
Band director, Charlie Menghini, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a cap, standing in an office during a teaching residency at Olathe North High and Oregon Trail Junior High schools in Olathe, Kansas.
Chris Clarke and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at New Pointe Grill
Chris Clarke (piano, in background) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at New Point Grille in Kansas City, Missouri.
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Daahoud Williams perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and David Daahoud Williams (bass) performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The audience is visible in the foreground.
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Matt Pittman perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a ball cap, Chris Clarke (piano), and Matt Pittman (bass) performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.