Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner packing up at the Plaza III
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora and an overcoat, and Sonny Kenner, wearing a tuxedo, have their coats on and are packing up at The Club at Plaza III in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Wilcox stands in the...
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 greeting his friend
Standing outside a building among parked cars, possibly Sonny Kenner, from his right side, motions toward Ahmad Alaadeen. Ahmad is laughing and extending his left hand toward Sonny. Franz Bruce stands...
Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo outdoors on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, an unidentified drummer, and Tyrone Clark (bass) performing at an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City...
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, Al Pearson, Sonny Kenner, and Terry Hughes perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone and wearing a white flat cap, looks to his left at Al Pearson. Al looks back at Ahmad as he holds a trumpet. Sonny Kenner, standing to the left of both Ahmad...
Ahmad Alaadeen, Chuck Haddix, and Sonny Kenner greet each other during the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Festival
Chuck Haddix, wearing a white fedora and a "Fish Fry" t-shirt, puts his arms around the shoulders of Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. RV's are visible in...
Ahmad Alaadeen, Luqman Hamza, and Sonny Kenner receive the Kansas City 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...
Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing perform indoors
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and the Deans of Swing, likely Everette Freeman (piano), Tyrone Clark (bass), Sonny Kenner (guitar), and likely Don Mumford (drums) perform at the Kansas City Art Institute...
All of the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award recipients seated at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri
(Front row) Arch Martin, Luqman Hamza, an unidentified woman, and Frank Smith, (back row) Dick Wright, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, Eddie Saunders, and an unidentified man during the Jazz Heritage...
David Daahoud Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner perform outdoors
David Daahoud Williams (bass), wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, and Sonny Kenner (guitar) perform during an unidentified outdoor concert. Lawn chairs are visible...
David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner hanging out backstage
David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, are seated, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) is warming up, an unidentified drummer is leaning over a seated and eating Sonny Kenner hanging out backstage at an...
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...
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...
Saxophonists play as a crowd watches at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute
Unidentified (with news camera), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, Blanche Williams (mostly obscured), Eddie...
Shahid (Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Sonny Kenner)
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, and Sonny Kenner stand outside and smile at the photographer. Ahmad holds a soprano saxophone and Sonny Kenny...
Shahid (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Fiddler Williams)
The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams) stand, wearing tuxedos, all...
Shahid in a banquet room
Sonny Kenner, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand in a banquet room and smile at the photographer. Luqman wears a slouch cap and Ahmad wears a kufi cap.
Sonny Kenner and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th birthday celebration
Sonny Kenner (guitar) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri. The audience is visible in the foreground of the...
Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet and bending his knees as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, and...
Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet, bending his knees, and raising his right arm as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer and Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor...