Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Spaits and Al Pearson performing in a band shell
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Al Pearson (trumpet) performing at an unidentified venue with a band shell like the Fair Park Amphitheater in Dallas, Texas...
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Richard Ross, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Richard Ross (vocals), Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured) performing at The Club at Plaza III in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured), and Sonny Kenner (guitar) wearing tuxedos while performing at The Club at Plaza III in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
Jay McShann, Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Jay McShann (piano), an unidentified man, Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an unidentified bass player get situated onstage at the...
Jay McShann, Sonny Kenner, and Ahmad Alaadeen get ready to play on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Jay McShann (piano), an unidentified man, Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and an unidentified bass player get ready to perform onstage at the Kansas City...
Jimmy Heath and Ahmad Alaadeen
Jimmy Heath, wearing a kufi hatk, and Ahmad Alaadeen, eating, sitting at a table that is backstage with others at the Gem Theater during the "The Heath Brothers: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in...
John Frohnmayer, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Kathleen Turner during the Missouri Performing arts--Awards
Ahmad Alaadeen (holding his Missouri Arts Award) flanked by co-presenters John Frohnmayer (Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Kathleen Turner standing beside a podium with the state...
John Frohnmayer, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Kathleen Turner during the Missouri Performing arts--Awards
Ahmad Alaadeen (holding his Missouri Arts Award) flanked by co-presenters John Frohnmayer (Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Kathleen Turner standing beside a podium with the state...
John Frohnmayer, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Kathleen Turner during the Missouri Performing arts--Awards
Ahmad Alaadeen (holding his Missouri Arts Award) flanked by co-presenters John Frohnmayer (Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Kathleen Turner standing beside a podium with the state...
John Frohnmayer, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Kathleen Turner during the Missouri Performing arts--Awards
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving his Missouri Arts Award from co-presenters John Frohnmayer (Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts) and Kathleen Turner in the State Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City...
Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen
U.S. Representative to Missouri Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, stand outside Mutual Musicians Foundation during a photo-op of Kansas City blues and jazz musicians
Karen McCarthy and Ahmad Alaadeen
U.S. Representative to Missouri, Karen McCarthy, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, standing outside Mutual Musicians Foundation during a photo-op of Kansas City blues and jazz musicians.
Leonard Brown, Frank Wilkins, and Ahmad Alaadeen sit backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert
Leonard Brown, holding paper, Frank Wilkins, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, sit backstage during the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston...
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame inductees sit on the stage
Ahmad Alaadeen (seated second from right) and Luqman Hamza over Ahmad's left shoulder and other inductees sit on stage during the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame Gala held at the Gem...
Logan Richardson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal at the Blue Room
Logan Richardson, holding an alto saxophone, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal stand an smile for the photographer at the Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Donivan Bailey (drums), unidentified bass player, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group of elementary school...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Eddie Saunders stand outdoors offstage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, Eddie Saunders, and an unidentified man stand offstage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner receive the Jazz Heritage Award
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner holding their Kansas City Jazz Heritage award plaques from the Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II at the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner receive the Jazz Heritage Award
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner holding their Kansas City Jazz Heritage award plaques from the Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II at the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Donivan Bailey performing for a group of elementary school students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified (bass, mostly obscured), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, performing for a group of elementary school students; Mutual Musicians...
Luqman Hamza, Donivan Bailey and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified bassist, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group...
Luqman Hamza, Jay McShann, and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Luqman Hamza, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza, Karrin Allyson, Eddie Saunders, Tommy Ruskin, and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano), Karrin Allyson (vocals), Eddie Saunders (bass), and Tommy Ruskin (drums) all smile at the photographer as Ahmad Alaadeen plays a tenor saxophone with his eyes closed while...
Marianne McShann, Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen and a friend on 18th and Vine
Marianne McShann, an unidentified woman, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand arm in arm in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and...
Marvin Jones gets a hug from Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, hugs Marvin Jones, who is pointing at Ahmad with his right hand, during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and...