Ed Colson shakes hands with Ahmad Alaadeen
Oregon Trail band director Ed Colson and Ahmad Alaadeen shaking hands onstage during the Olathe Jazz Gala featuring the Olathe North High and Oregon Trail Junior High jazz bands at Olathe North High...
Ed Colson, Ahmad Alaadeen and Charles Menghini at Olathe North High School
Oregon Trail band director Ed Colson, Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone, and Olathe North band director Charlie Menghini stand in the school hallway before the Olathe Jazz Gala featuring the...
Ed Colson, the audience, and the jazz band listen to Ahmad Alaadeen take the solo
Ahmad Alaadeen soloing, backed by the Oregon Trail Junior High jazz band directed by Ed Colson as the audience in the foreground listens. This is possibly a rehearsal performance in front of the...
Emcee announces the Deans of Swing during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival
Bill McFarlin, wearing a red ball cap, introducing Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing: Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white ball cap, an unidentified bass player, and Tim...
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums) perform at an unidentified venue as Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, listens.
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), an unidentified bassist, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums and mostly obscured) performing at an unidentified...
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, and Matt Kane perform
Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified bassist, Danny Campbell (trumpet), and Matt Kane (drums) performing at an unidentified venue.
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Ricky Anderson, Tim Perryman, and likely Don Mumford perform at a church
Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Ricky Anderson (bass), Tim Perryman (trombone), and likely Don Mumford (drums) performing at an unidentified church and event.
Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sean Conly, Tim Perryman, and Tim Davis perform in Washington D.C.
Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), Sean Conly (bass, mostly obscured), Tim Perryman (trombone), and Tim Davis (drums) performing at an unidentified venue in Washington, D.C.
Everette Freeman, David Daahoud Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, Matt Kane, and Tim Perryman performing
Everette Freeman (piano), David Daahoud Williams (bass), wearing a kufi cap, Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, and Tim Perryman (trombone) performing at an...
Everette Freeman, Sean Conly, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Davis, and Tim Perryman perform in Washington D.C.
Everette Freeman (piano), Sean Conly (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), Tim Davis (drums), and Tim Perryman (trombone) performing at an unidentified venue in Washington, D.C.
Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen at an event
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, wearing a headscarf, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, sitting at a table with a tablecloth at an unidentified venue and event.
Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, talks with the crowd as Ahmad Alaadeen reads a card backstage at an unidentified venue and event. The crowd is visible in the mirror behind Fanny.
Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen with a couple of fans
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen posing for a photo with an unidentified Japanese man (left) and an unidentified African American man (right).
Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen with a fan
Unidentified Japanese man (left) stands with Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, and Ahmad Alaadeen.
Fanny Dunfee and Frank White, Jr.
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee and inductee Frank White, Jr. (retired Kansas City Royals baseball player) during the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame Gala held at the Gem Theater in Kansas...
Frank Smith and Ahmad Alaadeen
Frank Smith puts his left arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's shoulder during the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The crowd is visible behind them.
Fred Wilkins and Ahmad Alaadeen waiting backstage during the John Coltrane Memorial Concert
Frank Wilkins, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding an orange beverage, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, sit backstage during the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at...
Gary Sykes, Reggie Thomas, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Steve Kirby take a break for a photograph
Gary Sykes, Reggie Thomas, Ahmad Alaadeen, Steve Kirby stand for a photograph during a four-night residence with the Steve Kirby Trio at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gary Sykes, Steve Kirby, Will Matthews, Reggie Thomas, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform in Malden, Missouri
Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured), Steve Kirby (bass), Will Matthews (guitar), Reggie Thomas (piano), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a beanie, on stage performing at Malden Community Center...
Gary Sykes, Steve Kirby, Will Matthews, Reggie Thomas, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform in Malden, Missouri
Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured), Steve Kirby (bass), Will Matthews (guitar), Reggie Thomas (piano), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) on stage performing at Malden Community Center in Malden...
Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building
(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette DeVan, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified,...
Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building
Ahmad Alaadeen (fedora and sunglasses), Sonny Kenner (plaid shirt), Everette DeVan (black suit and grey shirt), Orestie "Rusty" Tucker (pin-striped suit and tie), and others gathering outside Mutual...
George Duke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater
George Duke, grinning at Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat with his back to the photographer and blurry because of movement, and George Benson, grooming the sleeve of his tuxedo, are hanging out...
Gerald Dunn and Ahmad Alaadeen at The Blue Room
Gerald Dunn points at Ahmad Alaadeen, who is wearing a fedora and pursing his lips, at The Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri. The bar and crowd can be seen behind them.