Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, Jim Ellickson-Brown, and Tyrone Clark enjoy a meal in Thessaloniki
(Clockwise from bottom right) Tyrone Clark, Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, and Jim Ellickson-Brown (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Greece) are seated at a table dining at The Mill Restaurant...
Ahmad Alaadeen, Yoko Takemura, and Fanny Dunfee relax
Ahmad Alaadeen leaning into Yoko Takemura's shoulder as she has her right arm around his shoulders, sits with Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee at a patio table at the Dunfee/Alaadeen residence in Overland Park...
Akers Aitch, Tyrone Clark, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, Will Matthews, and Donivan Bailey in Arkansas
Akers Aitch, Tyrone Clark, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, Will Matthews, and Donivan Bailey stand outside a van and smile for the photographer during a stop en route to a concert at Harrison...
Al Grey and Ahmad Alaadeen on the street
Al Grey, wearing a flat cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen on the street in a crowd during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
Al Pearson, Terry Hughes, Ahmad Alaadeen, Rod Fleeman, Gerald Spaits, and Jay McShann perform
Al Pearson (trumpet), Terry Hughes[?] (drums, partially obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Rod Fleeman (guitar), Gerald Spaits (bass), Jay McShann (piano) performing indoors at an unidentified...
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...
Arthur Jackson, Eddie Saunders, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, Luqman Hamza at "Bird Lives" statue in Kansas City
Arthur Jackson, wearing a beret, Eddie Saunders, wearing a kufi cap, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, and Luqman Hamza (mostly out of frame), wearing a kufi hat, at the Charlie Parker...
Arthur Jackson, Eddie Saunders, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, Luqman Hamza at the "Bird Lives" statue in Kansas City, MO
An unidentified man holding an alto saxophone and wearing a bucket hat, Arthur Jackson, wearing a beret, Eddie Saunders, wearing a kufi hat, Bobby Watson, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, stand at...
Band Tropique getting ready to record
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, walks in front of Norman Hedman as Misha Tsiganov (left) and Craig Rivers look on during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique, "Taken by Surprise" at the...
Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen play saxophones with another saxophonist at Charlie Parker's gravesite
An unidentified saxophonist in a ball cap plays a saxophone along side Ben Kynard and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, and an unidentified sax player wearing a straw fedora, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite...
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen and Bobby Watson at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Ben Kynard, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, and Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap, play saxophones during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City...
Benny Carter and Ahmad Alaadeen play their saxes on the street
Benny Carter and Ahmad Alaadeen play their saxophones on the street in the 18th and Vine District, possibly during an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City." A clarinet player...
Big band performing at The Blue Room
Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, bottom left) performing with an unidentified big band which includes Al Pearson (trumpet, far right), Earlie Braggs and likely, Tim Perryman (trombone), at the Blue Room in Kansas...
Bob Bowman, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen and T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim enjoy the Mid-America Jazz Conference
An unidentified woman stands with Bob Bowman, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a flat cap, during the Mid-America Jazz Conference at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen listen as the bass player and Sam Johnson, Jr., the drummer, perform at Generations of Jazz
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, and Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, listen while an unidentified bass player and Sam Johnson, Jr. (drums) perform at...
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen perform on the street in the 18th and Vine District
Bobby Watson and Ahmad Alaadeen, sit outdoors with their instruments and wearing ball caps while an unidentified woman wearing an apron stands to Ahmad's right during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza at the "Bird Lives" statue in Kansas City, MO
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, and Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi hat, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza during the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing fedoras, and Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi hat, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, and Gerald Dunn during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap backwards, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Gerald Dunn, also wearing a cap, during the "21-Sax Salute"...
Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen
State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen laugh as they stand together at an unidentified venue and event..
Butch Berman, Jo Boehr, Fanny Dunfee, Steve Irwin, Ahmad Alaadeen and at The Blue Room
Butch Berman, wearing a Dashiki-style shirt, Jo Boehr, Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, Steve Irwin, Ahmad Alaadeen, also wearing a Dashiki-style shirt, and an unidentified woman gather around a table at The...
Carolyn and Mel Wanzo with Yoko Takemura and Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen share a meal
Carolyn Wanzo, Yoko Takemura, Mel Wanzo, Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, and Ahmad Alaadeen at an unidentified restaurant on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.