Ahmad Alaadeen stands with Army personnel
Ahmad Alaadeen stands with three United States Army servicemen at an unidentified event.
Ahmad Alaadeen stands with Army personnel
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, stands with three unidentified United States Army servicemen at an unidentified event.
Ahmad Alaadeen steps toward the group at Clark County High School
Ahmad Alaadeen steps towards the band while working with a group of students during a jazz clinic at Clark County R-1 High School in Kahoka, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen takes a solo while performing with Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra
Ahmad Alaadeen stands while performing with Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra. Sonny Kenner is visible in the foreground of the photograph. The band is visible behind Ahmad.
Ahmad Alaadeen taking a rest offstage with Michael Warren and Seth Lee
Mike Warren, Seth Lee, stand to the left of a seated Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, who is hanging out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen talks with a student at Paseo Academy
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, talking with Logan Richardson, a jazz ensemble student at Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen talks with fans during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, talks outdoors with music fans during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The crowd is visible behind them.
Ahmad Alaadeen teaches an auditorium of music students
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, pointing offstage while addressing an audience of saxophone students and their teacher during a jazz clinic at an unidentified auditorium.
Ahmad Alaadeen teaches an auditorium of music students
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, standing on the stage with his arms spread wide, addressing an audience of saxophone students and their teacher during jazz clinic at an unidentified...
Ahmad Alaadeen teaching class
Ahmad Alaadeen teaching a group of students at the Charlie Parker Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen teaching students at Flint Hills Music
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, working with two unidentified white male music students while an unidentified white man looks on at the Flint Hills Music Store in Emporia, Kansas.
Ahmad Alaadeen trades solos with a student
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, trades solos by playing a tenor saxophone as a student stands and plays an alto saxophone while working the rest of the band backs them up at an...
Ahmad Alaadeen warms up in the green room
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a red suit jacket, warming up on tenor saxophone while Akers Aitch sits nearby in a chair, backstage at an unidentified venue.
Ahmad Alaadeen warms up with students from Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band
Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, second from right) warms up while band members talk before the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band concert in the cafeteria of the adjacent high school (Paseo Academy)...
Ahmad Alaadeen wearing a hat too small for his head
Ahmad Alaadeen, looking doubtful as he wears a black leather garrison cap while WGBH radio host, Eric Jackson (background, left), and others sit and stand as they talk backstage at the John Coltrane...
Ahmad Alaadeen whispers a secret during a rehearsal with a student jazz band
An unidentified man, possibly Oregon Trail band director Ed Colson, bends down to listen as Ahmad Alaadeen whispers from behind his hand while sitting in with a jazz band probably during a rehearsal...
Ahmad Alaadeen with a couple jazz saxophonists at Paseo Academy
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tam, and two unidentified saxophone jazz ensemble students during a class of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen with a couple of fans
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and a name tag, stands between two unidentified men, one of which is also wearing a kufi hat, at an unidentified venue and event. One gentleman holds up his index...
Ahmad Alaadeen with fans
Ahmad Alaadeen stands between two unidentified women at an unidentified venue and event.
Ahmad Alaadeen with Governor Bob Holden and Fanny Dunfee
Ahmad Alaadeen and Governor Bob Holden, in tuxedos, and Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, stand in front of bookshelves and smile at the photographer. Ahmad is holding a tenor saxophone.
Ahmad Alaadeen with the music personnel of Paseo Academy
Two unidentified men on either side of Ahmad Alaadeen and jazz ensemble band director Clarence Smith stand in the hall of Paseo Academy, Kansas City, Missouri and smile at the photographer.
Ahmad Alaadeen with the Paseo Academy jazz band
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tam, stands with a group of jazz ensemble students of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen with the Paseo Academy jazz band
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tam, stands with a group of jazz ensemble students of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen with the students of Paseo Academy's Jazz Ensemble
Ahmad Alaadeen with a group of jazz ensemble students at the Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen with three Paseo Academy students
Ahmad Alaadeen stands and looks at the photographer with a group of jazz ensemble students at Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.