Don Mumford, Will Matthews, Tyrone Clark, Everette Freeman and Ahmad Alaadeen
Don Mumford (drums), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), and Everette Freeman (piano) performing during the BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of...
Donnell Bennett, Matt Pittman, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform
Kansas City Chiefs fullback Donnell Bennett (drums), an unidentified pianist, Matt Pittman (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at New Point Grille in Kansas City, Missouri.
Echoes of Erin with Ahmad Alaadeen at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, jamming with Echoes of Erin, a group of musicians from Ireland, at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
Emcee announces the Deans of Swing during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival
Bill McFarlin, wearing a red ball cap, introducing Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing: Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white ball cap, an unidentified bass player, and Tim...
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums) perform at an unidentified venue as Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, listens.
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), an unidentified bassist, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums and mostly obscured) performing at an unidentified...
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified bassist, Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums) performing at an unidentified venue.
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sean Conly, Tim Perryman, and Tim Davis perform in Washington D.C.
Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), Sean Conly (bass, mostly obscured), Tim Perryman (trombone), and Tim Davis (drums) performing at an unidentified venue in Washington, D.C.
Everette Freeman, David Daahoud Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, Matt Kane, and Tim Perryman performing
Everette Freeman (piano), David Daahoud Williams (bass), wearing a kufi cap, Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, and Tim Perryman (trombone) performing at an...
Everette Freeman, Sean Conly, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Davis, and Tim Perryman perform in Washington D.C.
Everette Freeman (piano), Sean Conly (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), Tim Davis (drums), and Tim Perryman (trombone) performing at an unidentified venue in Washington, D.C.
Frank Smith and Ahmad Alaadeen
Frank Smith puts his left arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's shoulder during the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The crowd is visible behind them.
Gary Sykes, Steve Kirby, Will Matthews, Reggie Thomas, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform in Malden, Missouri
Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured), Steve Kirby (bass), Will Matthews (guitar), Reggie Thomas (piano), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a beanie, on stage performing at Malden Community Center...
Gary Sykes, Steve Kirby, Will Matthews, Reggie Thomas, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform in Malden, Missouri
Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured), Steve Kirby (bass), Will Matthews (guitar), Reggie Thomas (piano), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) on stage performing at Malden Community Center in Malden...
Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building
(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette DeVan, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified,...
Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building
Ahmad Alaadeen (fedora and sunglasses), Sonny Kenner (plaid shirt), Everette DeVan (black suit and grey shirt), Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (pin-striped suit and tie), and others gathering outside Mutual...
George Duke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater
George Duke, grinning at Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat with his back to the photographer and blurry because of movement, and George Benson, grooming the sleeve of his tuxedo, are hanging out...
Group 21 getting ready for a live broadcast of NPR's Talk of the Nation
Alaadeen and Group 21: Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Pat Flynn (drums); on stage running through a sound check for a...
Hamza Luqman, LaVerne Barker, and Ahmad Alaadeen rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano), LaVerne Barker (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified drummer rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
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...
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...
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 performing at the Jazz Evenings concert
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified sax player, bass player, and trombone player with Butch Miles (drums) during Jazz Evenings concert at the Orange Tree Golf and...
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...