Ahmad Alaadeen posing with his award and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Ahmad Alaadeen shows his award to U.S. Representative to Missouri Emanuel Cleaver during Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen pushes CD sales while his band looks on
Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white kufi hat, pointing to where the audience can buy the CD in his hand, an unidentified sax player, (in doorway), and Tim Perryman (trombone...
Ahmad Alaadeen reads a book during story time
Ahmad Alaadeen holds a tenor saxophone under his left arm while he holds a book opened to the children while reading a book to a group of pre-school or kindergarten students in an unidentified...
Ahmad Alaadeen reads a chart with students at Paseo Academy
Ahmad Alaadeen plays through a chart while working with a group of jazz ensemble students at Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen receives a welcome to the mosque
Ahmad Alaadeen (right) shaking hands with an unidentified white man while an unidentified white boy stands in front of them. All smile at the photographer as they stand outside the open carved door an...
Ahmad Alaadeen receives the Governor's Humanities Award
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and a corsage, receiving his award during the Governor's Humanities Awards at the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving an award
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving an award from an unidentified man while others look on at an unidentified venue and event.
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award from Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving a plaque for the Kansas City Jazz Heritage award from Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II during the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award from Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving a plaque for the Kansas City Jazz Heritage award from Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II during the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The...
Ahmad Alaadeen receiving the Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) Award
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, receiving Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (TAAP) Award. Greg Riley, his apprentice, stands at the far right in the Missouri History Museum in...
Ahmad Alaadeen recording in Kansas City, MO
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap under a headset and holding a tenor saxophone, and Matt Kane (drums, in isolation room) look out in front of themselves during a recording session for "Time Through...
Ahmad Alaadeen rehearses with the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts band
Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, back to camera) sits in with the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts band as they rehearse with the band director in a classroom before the evening's concert in the cafeteria of...
Ahmad Alaadeen rehearsing in the Richard Smith Orchestra
Richard Smith Orchestra [Ahmad Alaadeen (Richard White), seated second from right] rehearsing for an Easter concert to be held at Municipal Auditorium; R.T. Coles High School; Kansas City, MO
Ahmad Alaadeen rests a moment as Dick Wright enjoys the crowd at the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards reception
Ahmad Alaadeen sitting at a table while fellow recipient Dick Wright stands directly behind him talking to someone during the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City...
Ahmad Alaadeen seated with a friend at Ahmad's home
An unidentified man sits at a table talking to Ahmad Alaadeen at an unidentified residence. Ahmad wears a kufi cap and a Boston Jazz Society t-shirt that states, "Jazz is Alive" with a string bass in...
Ahmad Alaadeen shakes hands
Ahmad Alaadeen and an unidentified man talking and shaking hands as the standing congregation looks on at an unidentified church and event. An organist can be seen sitting behind and between the two...
Ahmad Alaadeen shakes hands with a fan in Skopje
A photograph from behind Ahmad Alaadeen (right) and an unidentified white man shaking hands in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje, North Macedonia. People bending forward can be seen in the background.
Ahmad Alaadeen shakes hands with the band director before the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble performance
Ahmad Alaadeen shaking hands with an unidentified band director before the concert with the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble.
Ahmad Alaadeen shaking hands
Norman Hedman and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, shaking hands as Misha Tsiganov looks on during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique, "Taken By Surprise", at the Eastside Sound Studio...
Ahmad Alaadeen shares a meal outdoors with a family
Ahmad Alaadeen (far left), wearing an apron and a ball cap, sits with three unidentified people sitting around a patio table during a cookout probably at the Dunfee/Alaadeen residence in Overland Park...
Ahmad Alaadeen shows his home to Mel Wanzo
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a headscarf, and Mel Wanzo walk around the outside of the Dunfee/Alaadeen residence in Overland Park, Kansas.
Ahmad Alaadeen shows students how to play saxophone during a UMKC Jazz Workshop
Ahmad Alaadeen stands and plays a tenor saxophone in the middle of a standing group of students during a jazz workshop at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen signs autographs for Briarwood Elementary students
Ahmad Alaadeen signing an autograph for unidentified third-graders on the occasion of their stage play, "We Haz Jazz," at Briarwood Elementary School in Olathe, Kansas.
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in with the band while working with students
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in with the band and plays a soprano saxophone while working with a group of music students at an unidentified venue.
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in with the student jazz band
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in and plays with an unidentified school jazz band in probably a rehearsal for a jazz concert featuring Olathe North High, Oregon Trail Junior High, and Santa Fe Trail Junior High...