Seth Lee and Ahmad Alaadeen hang out offstage
Seth Lee stand with his back to the photographer while an unidentified man and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, hang out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Seth Lee playing bass
Seth Lee stands with his back to the photographer as he plays a stand up bass and looks to his right towards an unidentified keyboard player while performing on an outdoor pavilion behind the Gem...
Seth Lee tries to figure out what's going on with Ahmad Alaadeen
An unidentified man stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and Seth Lee while hanging out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
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...
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 taking a look at the chart for "Big Six"
A photograph of an instrument chart for "Big Six" from over the back shoulder of an unidentified white male student drummer probably during a rehearsal for a jazz concert featuring Olathe North High...
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen
T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, stands with his arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's, wearing a kufi cap, should backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas...
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen
T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri.
T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen in conversation
T.S. Monk stands sideways to the photographer as he speaks with Ahmad Alaadeen who is wearing a kufi cap, backstage at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in...
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 and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing an apron, stand outside likely behind Alaadeen's home in Overland Park, Kansas.
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 takes the solo while participating in the mixing of musical genres with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, fiddler, and banjo player listen to Tyrone Clark take the bass solo during the "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" at an...
Tyrone Clark, Donivan Bailey, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Butch Berman hang out onstage
Ahmad Alaadeen talking with guitarist, Butch Berman, in front of conga drums as Tyrone Clark (bass, talking with an unidentified man, possibly Todd Strait) and Donivan Bailey (drums) are in background...
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, Kyoko Peters, Ahmad Alaadeen, Linda McShann, and Yoko Takemura
Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, Kyoko Peters, Ahmad Alaadeen, Linda McShann, and Yoko Takemura during Yoko Takemura's pottery show at the Goin' Round Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri.
View of Ahmad Alaadeen from the sound booth
Photograph taken from the sound booth showing Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Mike Warren (drums) while performing on an outdoor pavilion behind the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Yoko Takemura and Ahmad Alaadeen stand arm-in-arm after an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza
Yoko Takemura and Ahmad Alaadeen stand arm-in-arm smiling at the photographer as Chris Clarke and Tyrone Clark pack up instruments in the background after an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza...