All of the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award recipients seated at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri
(Front row) Arch Martin, Luqman Hamza, an unidentified woman, and Frank Smith, (back row) Dick Wright, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, Eddie Saunders, and an unidentified man during the Jazz Heritage...
Band Tropique getting ready to record
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, walks in front of Norman Hedman as Misha Tsiganov (left) and Craig Rivers look on during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique, "Taken by Surprise" at the...
Billy Taylor and Ahmad Alaadeen
Billy Taylor, writing on a paper, and Ahmad Alaadeen watching him write, stand by a brick wall at an unidentified venue and event. An unidentified man stands mostly obscured in the foreground of the...
Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, and Gerald Dunn during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite
Bobby Watson, wearing a red ball cap backwards, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white cap, Eddie Baker, Jay McShann, wearing a white ball cap, and Gerald Dunn, also wearing a cap, during the "21-Sax Salute"...
Chris Clarke and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at New Pointe Grill
Chris Clarke (piano, in background) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) performing at New Point Grille in Kansas City, Missouri.
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Daahoud Williams perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and David Daahoud Williams (bass) performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. The audience is visible in the foreground.
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Matt Pittman perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a ball cap, Chris Clarke (piano), and Matt Pittman (bass) performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Matt Pittman perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Chris Clarke (piano, mostly obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a ball cap, Matt Pittman (bass), and an unidentified drummer performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City...
Chris Clarke, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tyrone Clark, and Mike Warren performing at Generations of Jazz
Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Tyrone Clark (bass), and Mike Warren (drums) performing at Generations of Jazz at Science City in Union...
Chris Clarke, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and David Basse performing at Generations of Jazz
Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, David Basse (vocals), and Sam Johnson, Jr....
Chris Clarke, Bobby Watson, Ahmad Alaadeen, and David Basse performing at Generations of Jazz
Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, and David Basse (vocals) performing at...
Chris Clarke, Daahoud Williams, and Ahmad Alaadeen perform at Mutual Musicians Foundation
Chris Clarke (piano, mostly out of frame), David Daahoud Williams (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and an unidentified drummer performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.
City Light Orchestra enjoying the park and the view
Publicity photograph of the City Light Orchestra: Tim Whitmer, LaVerne Barker, David Basse, wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jano Mossman, standing in a park south of Kansas City overlooking...
City Light Orchestra performing at City Light Restaurant and Bar
A postcard of The City Light Orchestra performing: Tim Whitmer (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), LaVerne Barker (bass), David Basse (drums). The flash of a camera is visible in the mirror behind...
City Light Orchestra performing at City Light Restaurant and Bar
Carmell Jones (trumpet, LaVerne Barker (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), stand on stage at City Light Restaurant and Bar, Kansas City, MO and perform as part of the City Light Orchestra which...
City Light Orchestra publicity photograph
City Light Orchestra: (clockwise from top) David Basse, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Whitmer, and LaVerne Barker, smile directly at the photographer. LaVerne wears a bowler hat and holds the neck of an...
Danny Campbell and Ahmad Alaadeen warm up offstage while the band waits onstage
Danny Campbell (trumpet) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, warming up offstage before a performance. Band members Donivan Bailey (drums), Tyrone Clark (bass), and Reggie Thomas...
David Daahoud Williams takes the solo as Everette Freeman, Ahmad Alaadeen, Matt Kane, and Tim Perryman listen
David Daahoud Williams (bass), takes the solo as the rest of the combo, Everette Freeman (piano),Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, and Tim Perryman (trombone)...
David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Sonny Kenner hanging out backstage
David Daahoud Williams, Luqman Hamza, are seated, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) is warming up, an unidentified drummer is leaning over a seated and eating Sonny Kenner hanging out backstage at an...
Dick Wright announcing the Deans of Swing during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival
Dick Wright introducing Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing: Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white ball cap, and an unidentified bass player, Tim Perryman (trombone) during...
Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen
Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, stand as a group and smile at the photographer during a recording...
Don Miller, Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, Mike Warren, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen
Engineer Don Miller, and musicians Chris Clarke, Tyrone Clark, making bunny ears over Mike Warren's head, Ray Stewart, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, stand as a group and smile at the...
Don Mumford, Angela Hagenbach, Will Matthews, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tyrone Clark, and Everette Freeman
Don Mumford (drums), Angela Hagenbach (singing at microphone), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured), and Everette Freeman...
Don Mumford, Will Matthews, Tyrone Clark, Everette Freeman and Ahmad Alaadeen
Don Mumford (drums), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), and Everette Freeman (piano) performing during the BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of...
Don Mumford, Will Matthews, Tyrone Clark, Everette Freeman and Ahmad Alaadeen
Don Mumford (drums), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), and Everette Freeman (piano) performing during the BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of...