Ahmad Alaadeen and Don Miller relax during a recording session
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and engineer, Don Miller, sit among the recording equipment during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at Airborne Audio Studio in Overland Park, Kansas.
Ahmad Alaadeen and Fanny Dunfee
Ahmad Alaadeen and Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee seated together smiling at the photographer.
Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann at the Spirit Fest
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, and Jay McShann smile at the photographer during the Spirit Festival at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. Festival tents are visible behind them.
Ahmad Alaadeen and Norman Hedman visiting
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and Norman Hedman sitting on a couch probably at the Westin Crown Center Hotel on the occasion of Hedman's performance at the Kansas City International Jazz...
Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner share a microphone to sing together
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) grins as he and Sonny Kenner (guitar) share a microphone while singing together, supported by David Daahoud Williams (bass) and Adolph Roulette (drums) in the background.
Ahmad Alaadeen and Susan Krause enjoy food in Skopje
Ahmad Alaadeen stands and converses with Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia), who is standing and eating a meal as she talks in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje...
Ahmad Alaadeen and Tayammum Falah
Ahmad Alaadeen and Tayammum Falah, both wearing tuxedos, are seated at a table with tablecloths. A boy is visible between them that is seated behind them.
Ahmad Alaadeen and Will Matthews talk during a performance in Skopje
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) talks to Will Matthews (guitar) on stage at the Hard Rock Club in Skopje, Macedonia. Tyrone Clark's bass, mostly obscured, and an unidentified white male camera operator are...
Ahmad Alaadeen at Banquets Beyond the Bay with fans
Ahmad Alaadeen (second from left), wearing a kufi hat, with four unidentified people (one white man, two African American women, one white woman) during the night of a concert at Banquets Beyond the...
Ahmad Alaadeen being interviewed in front of a television camera
Ahmad Alaadeen's face can be seen between a news reporter he is talking with and her cameraman whose backs are to the photographer at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri possibly...
Ahmad Alaadeen discusses recording with Misha Tsiganov and Craig Rivers
Misha Tsiganov and Craig Rivers listen to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap and talking, during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique, "Taken by Surprise" at the Eastside Sound Studio in New...
Ahmad Alaadeen enjoys older technology with friends
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a red ball cap, puts his finger in the air in a mock dance while he, Akers Aitch and an unidentified man stand next to a Victrola at Sissy's Tea Room; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Ahmad Alaadeen greets a fan
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and an unidentified African American woman stand in front of a brick wall at Carr Square Village in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen greets fans at Banquets Beyond the Bay
Ahmad Alaadeen (second from left), wearing a kufi hat, shaking hands with an unidentified white man as two unidentified women (one white, one African American) look on during the night of a concert at...
Ahmad Alaadeen holds up a fish
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, holding up a fish he caught at "Lake Alaadeen" on Tom Alexios' property outside Lawrence, Kansas.
Ahmad Alaadeen in front of a carved doorway of a mosque
Ahmad Alaadeen outside the carved door of an unidentified mosque in Skopje, Macedonia.
Ahmad Alaadeen performing in a straw hat
Ahmad Alaadeen seated outside under a tent, wearing a straw sombrero and blowing into a saxophone. Three other band members are visible behind him.
Ahmad Alaadeen performing outside
Ahmad Alaadeen, standing on a stage outside and wearing a ball cap, performing with a band, possibly Eddie Baker's Charlie Parker Academy band
Ahmad Alaadeen performs
Ahmad Alaadeen, from his left, stands by a bar stool by a microphone and blows into an alto saxophone.
Ahmad Alaadeen performs at City Light Restaurant and Bar
Ahmad Alaadeen performing (with City Light Orchestra); City Light Restaurant and Bar; Kansas City, Missouri. White and red balloons are hanging from the ceiling. A vase with a single flower sits on...
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with students
Ahmad Alaadeen performing with Eddie Baker's Charlie Parker Academy band on an indoor stage. Two students are visible behind Ahmad.
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with students
Ahmad Alaadeen performing on a stage indoors with Eddie Baker (piano) and his Charlie Parker Academy band.
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with students
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, performing with a band, possibly Eddie Baker's Charlie Parker Academy band, at an outdoor concert in front of a mobile stage.
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra
Ahmad Alaadeen stands while performing a saxophone solo with the Count Basie Orchestra during the Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event.
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra
Ahmad Alaadeen (first row, second from right) rehearses with the Count Basie Orchestra before the Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event. The guest tables sit empty to the right of the band.