Shahid (Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, an unidentified bassist, and Tayammum Falah)
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, Tayammum Falah (drums); all close their eyes as they perform on stage.
Shahid (Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, an unidentified bassist, and Tayammum Falah) back stage
Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, Ahmad Alaadeen, an unidentified bassist, and Tayammum Falah stand backstage holding their instruments. Luqman wears a kufi prayer cap and smiles directly at the...
Shahid (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Fiddler Williams)
The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams) stand, wearing tuxedos, all...
Shahid dressed in tuxedos
Tayammum Falah, with his arms around the shoulders of Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen, both wearing kufi hats, stand in front of a chalkboard wearing tuxedos. Luqman and Ahmad are wearing Habib style...
Shahid dressed in tuxedos
Tayammum Falah, with his arms around the shoulders of Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen, both wearing kufi hats, looks at the photographer. All three are wearing tuxedos. Luqman and Ahmad are wearing...
Shahid in a banquet room
Sonny Kenner, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand in a banquet room and smile at the photographer. Luqman wears a slouch cap and Ahmad wears a kufi cap.
Shahid performing in a banquet room
The Shahid (Luqman Hamza (piano), wearing a kufi hat, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), also wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified bass player, Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Tayammum Falah (drums)) on a stage...
Sonny Kenner and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th birthday celebration
Sonny Kenner (guitar) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri. The audience is visible in the foreground of the...
Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet and bending his knees as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, and...
Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet, bending his knees, and raising his right arm as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer and Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor...
Sonny Kenner sings into a microphone as he performs with a jazz combo on the Country Club Plaza
Sonny Kenner (guitar, vocals), wearing a pith helmet and bending his knees as he sings into a microphone, performs with an unidentified drummer, Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone)...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson perform on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival
Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an unidentified bass player standing on stage outdoors performing at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson share a laugh as Jay McShann takes the stage
Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and Al Pearson (trumpet) share a laugh onstage at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival as an unidentified man and Jay...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jimmy Witherspoon prepare to perform
Sonny Kenner (guitar), laughing, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals) prepare to perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri.
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza during the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award reception
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza stand together and smile for the photographer during the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The crowd is...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor and Dooley Weilert during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner looking to his left, stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert (mostly out of frame), during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown, with his arm around Dooley stand together during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown at the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing kufi hat, Billy Taylor, Dooley Weilert, and Leonard Brown, with his arm around Dooley stand together during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in...
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, David Daahoud Williams, and Luqman Hamza perform on stage
Sonny Kenner (guitar), an unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), David Daahoud Williams (bass), and Luqman Hamza (piano) performing at an unidentified venue.
Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Dooley Weilert and Leonard Brown during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Sonny Kenner grins as he holds a folder in his left hand. He stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen who is smiling and wearing a kufi hat. Dooley Weiler, to Ahmad's right, is facing and pointing toward...
Steve Kirby and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, MO
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Steve Kirby (bass) performing during a four-night residence with the Steve Kirby Trio at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, 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...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Logan Richardson...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
John Henry Hoard (soprano saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Sonny Kenner (behind clergyman in red)...
Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium
Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (in background, baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a...