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Ahmad Alaadeen and a jazz band teacher play with the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band

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An unidentified jazz band director and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) rehearsing at the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band.

Date Published
March-20-1993
June-21-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and a jazz combo at BBs Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), sits listening in the center of an unidentified acoustic guitarist and electric bass player while performing at BB's...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Cotton Candy at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor sax, an unidentified bass player, and Cotton Candy listen to an unidentified electric guitarist and an acoustic...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Cotton Candy perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen sits on a barstool playing a tenor saxophone as Cotton Candy, wearing a red sequined hat and multi-colored sequined blouse, sits at a...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Cotton Candy perform with a jazz combo at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, Cotton Candy (vocals), unidentified (electric guitar); performing at BB's Lawnside BBQ in Kansas...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and LaVerne Barker rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and LaVerne Barker (bass), wearing a ball cap, rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Ricky Anderson perform at a church

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) turns to look at the photographer as a seated Ricky Anderson (bass) looks at Ahmad while performing at an unidentified...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen imitates Cotton Candy at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) imitates Cotton Candy's stance as an unidentified acoustic guitarist and bass player perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ in Kansas...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen joins the local jazz combo on stage

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An unidentified alto saxophone player, piano player, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), and an unidentified bass player performing onstage during a...

Date Published
2004
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen laughs with Tim Perryman

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Tim Perryman (trombone, back to camera), causes Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) to laugh, as Everette Freeman (piano) and Ricky Anderson (bass) perform at...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performing at a jazz festival in Topeka

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Tyrone Clark (bass) and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone); performing at the Topeka Performing Arts Center during the Topeka Jazz Festival.

Date Published
May-28-2005
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo at BBs Lawnside BBQ

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An unidentified woman sits at a table with Cotton Candy, wearing a red sequined hat and multi-colored sequined blouse as she claps her hands. An...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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An unidentified drummer, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) wearing a fedora, and Tyrone Clark (bass) perform at an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen works with Navarro College Jazz Band students

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[From attached caption:] "Alaadeen, Navarro College Jazz Band, and Lower Beaton Street clarinet player Jim Brimer perform at the Corsicana State Home...

Date Published
March-01-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Carmell Jones, and LaVerne Barker performing as part of the City Light Orchestra

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Ahmad Alaadeen performing with Carmell Jones (trumpet) and LaVerne Barker (bass) of the City Light Orchestra at the City Light Restaurant and Bar...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Cotton Candy and a bass player share in a conversation at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Cotton Candy (vocals) sit and talk with an unidentified bass player at BB's Lawnside BBQ in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Blue City Band performing

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Four members of the five member Blue City Band, a blues band comprised of three white men and two African American men, perform in a tent. Farthest to...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

City Light Orchestra performing at City Light Restaurant and Bar

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Carmell Jones (trumpet, LaVerne Barker (bass), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), stand on stage at City Light Restaurant and Bar, Kansas City, MO and...

Date Published
1983
1986
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant with three other band members on the stage performing

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy smiles as she listens to Ahmad Alaadeen and a jazz combo perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Cotton Candy smiles as she sits at a table and listens to Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Cotton Candy talks while Ahmad Alaadeen's jazz combo performs at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric guitar) performing at BB's Lawnside BBQ as Cotton Candy (vocals)...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, and an unidentified accordion player

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Dave Pegg playing the bass and singing into a microphone. Richard Thompson, sitting and playing an amplified tambourine in his right hand and a snare...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

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Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Eckert, and an unidentified white male drummer. Unidentified venue.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ed Dix performing with three others

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Ed Dix (right) performing with bass guitarist Jeff Simon, double bassist Jay Ecker, and an unidentified white male drummer. Unidentified venue.

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (28)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (23)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (7)
  • Ed Dix Collection (6)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (67)

Genres

  • Group portraits (61)
  • Snapshots (38)
  • Portrait photographs (29)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • (-) Color photographs (67)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (43)
  • 2001-2010 (16)
  • 1981-1990 (6)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (55)
  • African American jazz musicians (51)
  • Saxophonists (37)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (30)
  • Keyboard players (26)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Guitarists (16)
  • Jazz singers (13)
  • Men, White (12)
  • Trumpet players (10)
  • African American men (9)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (9)
  • African American women jazz singers (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Guitar players (5)
  • African American guitarists (4)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Music students (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bass guitar (1)
  • Blues-rock music (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Folk-rock music (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Keyboardists (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Ocean liner passengers (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • (-) Bass guitarists (67)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)
  • 18th and Vine District (11)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (23)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (9)
  • Loon, Harry Van (7)
  • Bartee, Al (6)
  • Foster, Dwight (6)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (6)
  • Barker, LaVerne (5)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (4)
  • Hicks, Bryan (4)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (3)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (3)
  • Ecker, Jay (3)
  • Simon, Jeff (3)
  • Anderson, Ricky (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Lee, Marcellus (2)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Bishop, Elvin (1)
  • Blazek, Allan (1)
  • Bowman, Warren, 1934-2003 (1)
  • Breihan, Jeff (1)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Champlin, Bill (1)
  • DeMasters, Tom (1)
  • Doder, Keith (1)
  • Finnigan, Mike (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Fulcher, Larry (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Hudson, Garth (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Lawrence, Trevor (Trevor Anthony) (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Murphy, Matt (Guitarist) (1)
  • Ning, Mike (1)
  • Pegg, Dave (1)
  • Perryman, Tim (1)
  • Reilly, Mike, 1958- (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Thompson, Richard, 1949- (1)
  • Tims, David (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Williams, Jason D. (1)
  • Woodford, David (Saxophonist) (1)

Events

  • "Behind the Beat" (Madison, Wis.) (1)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2005 : Topeka, Kan.) (1)
  • Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise II (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (26)
  • 1995 (18)
  • 1992-10 (9)
  • 2000 (9)
  • 2004-11 (9)
  • 2001 (5)
  • 2010 (4)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1983 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1985-08 (1)
  • 1992-01 (1)
  • 1993-03-20 (1)
  • 1993-06-21 (1)
  • 1994-01-07 (1)
  • 1996-03-01 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2005-05-28 (1)

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