Kay Croy and Ahmad Alaadeen at Briarwood Elementary School
Director Kay Croy and Ahmad Alaadeen stand together on stage for a photo-op for the third-grade stage play "We Haz Jazz" at Briarwood Elementary School in Olathe, Kansas.
L.C. "Speedy" Huggins, Russ Long, and Julie Turner perform at the City Light Restaurant and Bar
L.C. "Speedy" Huggins (drums), and unidentified African American male bass player, an unidentified white female sax player, Russ Long (piano), and Julie Turner (vocals, percussion) the City Light...
Leon Brady and Ahmad Alaadeen watch the proceedings
Leon Brady and Ahmad Alaadeen sit among the crowd during the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Robert Watson, Sr. watch the proceedings
Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Robert Watson, Sr. sitting during the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye
Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye (mostly obscured) seated during Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Leonard Brown and Ahmad Alaadeen
Leonard Brown, grinning with his left arm around Ahmad's shoulders, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora and an overcoat, stand together at an unidentified venue and event.
Leonard Brown, Frank Wilkins, and Ahmad Alaadeen sit backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert
Leonard Brown, holding paper, Frank Wilkins, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, sit backstage during the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston...
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame inductees sit on the stage
Ahmad Alaadeen (seated second from right) and Luqman Hamza over Ahmad's left shoulder and other inductees sit on stage during the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Hall of Fame Gala held at the Gem...
Logan Richardson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal at the Blue Room
Logan Richardson, holding an alto saxophone, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Harold O'Neal stand an smile for the photographer at the Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Donivan Bailey (drums), unidentified bass player, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group of elementary school...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Eddie Saunders stand outdoors offstage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, Eddie Saunders, and an unidentified man stand offstage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner receive the Jazz Heritage Award
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner holding their Kansas City Jazz Heritage award plaques from the Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II at the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner receive the Jazz Heritage Award
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner holding their Kansas City Jazz Heritage award plaques from the Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II at the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in...
Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, Donivan Bailey performing for a group of elementary school students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified (bass, mostly obscured), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, performing for a group of elementary school students; Mutual Musicians...
Luqman Hamza, Donivan Bailey and Ahmad Alaadeen jam with elementary jazz students
Luqman Hamza (piano), Donivan Bailey (drums), wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified bassist, jamming with four boys playing various instruments while performing for a group...
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...
Mel Wanzo, Yoko Takemura and Fanny Dunfee have big smiles
Mel Wanzo, Yoko Takemura, and Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee have big grins while seated at The Blue Room in Kansas City, Missouri.