Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, and Ahmad Alaadeen enjoy Ahmad's award
Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, share a laugh as Ahmad Alaadeen shows his award to the photographer backstage during the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Logan Richardson...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
John Henry Hoard (soprano saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Sonny Kenner (behind clergyman in red)...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (in background, baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
(Front row) Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Logan Richardson (alto saxophone), unidentified (soprano saxophone); (second row) John Henry Hoard...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Logan Richardson (alto...
Student jazz saxophonist listens to Ahmad Alaadeen instruct at Paseo Academy
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tam, and an unidentified jazz ensemble saxophone student during a class of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Student takes the alto sax solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri
From the band's right, a student takes the alto saxophone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the...
Student takes the alto sax solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri
A student takes the alto saxophone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the Alaadeen and the Deans of...
Student takes the trombone solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri
From the band's right, a student takes the trombone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the Alaadeen...
Students, teacher, and Ahmad Alaadeen gather before a Kansas City Middle School of the Arts concert
Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, in background) stands in the background while band members talk with their teacher before the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band concert in the cafeteria of the...
Susan Krause and Ahmad Alaadeen stand with a friend for a photograph in Skopje
Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia), Ahmad Alaadeen, and an unidentified white man stand and smile for a photograph in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje...
Susan Krause makes remarks for Will Matthews and Ahmad Alaadeen with Gotze
Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia) making remarks to the gathering of people, with Ahmad Alaadeen (left of Susan), Will Matthews (left of Alaadeen), and "Gotze" (Krause's...
Susan Krause with Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, and Tyrone Clark in Skopje, North Macedonia
Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia) with Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Will Matthews (guitar), and Tyrone Clark (bass) shortly after performing in the banquet room in the...
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a cowboy hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen at an unidentified venue.
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives")
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives")
T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
Tim Davis, Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Everette Freeman, and Sean Conly stand for a group photograph
Tim Davis, Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Everette Freeman, and Sean Conly stand together for a group photograph.
Tim Davis, Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Everette Freeman, and Sean Conly stand for a group photograph
Tim Davis, Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Everette Freeman, and Sean Conly stand together for a group photograph.
Tim Perryman and Ahmad Alaadeen talk with Gary Sykes and Tony LaPuma while at Drury College
Tim Perryman (trombone, left) and Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, right) have their backs to the photographer as they talk with Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured) and Tony LaPuma (bass, mostly obscured) while...
Tim Perryman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Dennis Winslett, and Gerald Dunn smile for the photographer
Tim Perryman, holding a trombone, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, Dennis Winslett, and Gerald Dunn, wearing a ball cap, smile at the photographer on the occasion of Clark Terry's visit for the...
Tom Alexios and Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen and Tom Alexios outside Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
Tom Alexios and Ahmad Alaadeen
Tom Alexios puts his left arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's shoulder as they smile at the photographer. This was a combined event for the Tradin' 4s (Series Four): Celebration of Alaadeen's 2000 Governor's...
Tyrone Clark and Ahmad Alaadeen perform for "Behind the Beat" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tyrone Clark (bass), and unidentified drummer (mostly obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Will Matthews (guitar, mostly obscured) performing at Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin...
Tyrone Clark and Ahmad Alaadeen performing among the crowd during the Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition
Tyrone Clark (bass) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, performing among the audience during the BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Competition at the City Light Jazz Club...