Hamza Luqman, LaVerne Barker, and Ahmad Alaadeen rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Luqman Hamza (piano), LaVerne Barker (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified drummer rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
Harold O'Neal performs at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Harold O'Neal looks down at the keys of a white baby grand piano while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater
Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer backstage at the Gem Theater during the Annual 18th...
Helen Sung and Ahmad Alaadeen during the T.S. Monk concert series
Helen Sung and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage for a photograph at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri.
Helen Sung, a fan, and Ahmad Alaadeen during the T.S. Monk concert series
Helen Sung, an unidentified man wearing overalls, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
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.
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen perform for a group of children
From the left side Ahmad Alaadeen, playing a sax, visible standing behind the lifted lid of the baby grand piano that Jay McShann is playing, his back to the photographer. Donivan Bailey (drums), sits...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen perform for film
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stands to play a tenor saxophone and Jay McShann sits and plays a baby grand piano with it's lid open while an unidentified cameraman films them at an unidentified...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at the Jazz Evenings concert
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified sax player, bass player, and trombone player with Butch Miles (drums) during Jazz Evenings concert at the Orange Tree Golf and...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen shake hands onstage during the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit at the Gem Theater
In profile Jay McShann stands and shakes hands with Ahmad Alaadeen onstage at the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit Concert at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen share a laugh
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, looks down and smiles as he stands behind a seated Jay McShann. Jay grins to his left. They are at an unidentified venue possibly in the 18th and Vine District in...
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen walk away down the street
Jay McShann, wearing a ball cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, walking away from the photographer, arm in arm, down the street with two women in walking in front of them possibly in the 18th...
Jay McShann and Eddie Saunders talk during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Eddie Saunders, wearing a kufi cap, talk during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann greets a fan
A seated Jay McShann shakes the hand of an unidentified African American woman at unidentified venue, possibly in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jay McShann greets Ahmad Alaadeen in the 18th and Vine District
Jay McShann and Ahmad Alaadeen shaking hands, flanked by Marianne McShann and Carmell Jones in the 18th and Vine District, possibly an event in conjunction with Robert Altman's film "Kansas City".
Jay McShann laughing with Ahmad Alaadeen
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stands to the left of a seated Jay McShann and laughs. Jay laughs as he points with his right hand toward Ahmad They are at an unidentified venue possibly in the...
Jay McShann Quartet at the Sunset Zoo
The Jay McShann Quartet: McShann (piano), Terry Hughes (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white ball cap, and Nobel "Duke" Samuels (bass) play during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival at the...
Jay McShann seated at a table and looking down at something
Jay McShann, from his left, sitting at a table, wearing a tuxedo, and leaning over a piece of paper at an unidentified venue
Jay McShann waits by the piano
Jay McShann sitting at the piano leaning on his right hand at an unidentified venue in Palm Beach, Florida.
Jay McShann with Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Gerald Spaits, and Terry Hughes performing in a sunny room
Jay McShann (piano) in the foreground from his left, with Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, background, back to camera), Al Pearson (trumpet, background, in profile), Gerald Spaits (bass, profile), and Terry...
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Speedy Huggins take a break at The Blue Room
An unidentified man stands in background as another unidentified sits at a table with Jay McShann, in a tuxedo with a drink in his hand, and likely Speedy Huggins, wearing a flat cap. Ahmad Alaadeen...
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Spaits and Al Pearson performing in a band shell
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Gerald Spaits (bass), and Al Pearson (trumpet) performing at an unidentified venue with a band shell like the Fair Park Amphitheater in Dallas, Texas...
Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Richard Ross, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III
Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Richard Ross (vocals), Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured) performing at The Club at Plaza III in Kansas City, Missouri.