Luqman Hamza, Jay McShann, and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Luqman Hamza, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza, Karrin Allyson, Eddie Saunders, Tommy Ruskin, and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano), Karrin Allyson (vocals), Eddie Saunders (bass), and Tommy Ruskin (drums) all smile at the photographer as Ahmad Alaadeen plays a tenor saxophone with his eyes closed while...
Marianne McShann, Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen and a friend on 18th and Vine
Marianne McShann, an unidentified woman, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand arm in arm in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and...
Marvin Jones gets a hug from Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, hugs Marvin Jones, who is pointing at Ahmad with his right hand, during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and...
Matt Kane, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Tim Perryman perform
Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, and Tim Perryman (trombone, mostly out of frame); performing at an unidentified venue.
Matt Kane, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Tim Perryman perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white kufi hat, holding a copy of his CD "Time Through The Ages" and wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified sax player (in doorway), and Tim...
Matt Kane, Danny Campbell, and Tyrone Clark let Ahmad Alaadeen out of the back of the van
Matt Kane, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and playing a saxophone, Danny Campbell, and Tyrone Clark, wearing a ball cap, stand behind a white van with the back door open at Carr Square Village in...
Matt Pittman, Danny Campbell, Marlin Bonds, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Matt Kane during a recording session
Matt Pittman, Danny Campbell, Marlin Bonds (playing flugelhorn), Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, and Matt Kane (drums, in isolation room) during a recording session for "Time Through The Ages" at...
Milt Jackson and Ahmad Alaadeen during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Milt Jackson and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, smile at the photographer during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Misha Tsiganov shakes hands with Ahmad Alaadeen
Misha Tsiganov, grinning, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, shaking hands as Craig Rivers (far right) looks on during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique, "Taken by Surprise" at the...
Movie set of "Kansas City"
Crowd of musicians, photographers and others on a movie set; including Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen in 18th and Vine District, possibly an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City...
NPR's Talk of the Nation personnel and Ahmad Alaadeen at Union Station
Arun Rath (fifth from right), Ahmad Alaadeen (fourth from right), wearing a kurfi cap, radio host Juan Williams (third from right), and four unidentified NPR staff pose for a photograph the day of a...
Olathe North jazz students perform with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen and band director Charlie Menghini (far right) working with a group of Olathe North jazz band students standing on a stage during a teaching residency at Olathe North High and Oregon...
Panel at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Panel discussion with Jay McShann, Billy Taylor, Al Grey and others during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Panel for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, and Chuck Berg during the panel discussion at Generations of Jazz at Science City in Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri.
Panel for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz
Neil Tesser, Bobby Watson, Ronnell Bright, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and Myra Taylor share conversation during a panel discussion at Generations of Jazz at Science City in Union Station in...
Paseo Academy jazz band gets a taste of performing with Ahmad Alaadeen
The saxophones stand and play as Ahmad Alaadeen listens and an unidentified band director (far right, back to camera) rehearses the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble on stage.
Paseo Academy jazz band gets a taste of performing with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen and an unidentified band director (far right) rehearsing the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble on stage.
Paseo Academy jazz band gets a taste of performing with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen rehearsing on stage with the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble.
Paseo Academy jazz band saxophonists get a taste of performing with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen and an unidentified band director (far right, back to camera) and the Paseo Academy saxophonists rehearsing the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble.
Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble on the steps of the United States Capitol Building with Ahmad Alaadeen and government people
Group shot of the Paseo Academy Jazz Ensemble on the steps of the United States Capitol Building with others which includes: U.S. Representative to Missouri Karen McCarthy (standing, second from...
Patti Austin and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater
Patti Austin stands to the right next to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and tuxedo and holding a saxophone while hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...
Patti Austin and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater
Patti Austin stands to the right next to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and tuxedo and holding a saxophone while hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...
Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Milt Jackson (vibes, soloing), Max Roach (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Charles McPherson (alto sax, in background), Al Grey (trombone), Peter King (alto saxophone)...
Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Milt Jackson (vibes, soloing), Max Roach (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Al Grey (trombone), Peter King (alto saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Leonard Brown...