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Ahmad Alaadeen and a combo performing on an outdoor stage in Jefferson City, MO

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap, Steve Kirby (bass), and Tim Perryman (trombone) performing on an outdoor stage...

Date Published
September-12-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and a combo performing on an outdoor stage in Jefferson City, MO

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap, Steve Kirby (bass), Tim Perryman (trombone), and Tim Davis (drums) performing on...

Date Published
September-12-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and his combo on the ground of the capitol building in Jefferson City, Missouri

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Tim Davis, walks toward Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap and holding a saxophone, and Everette Freeman who is holding charts and...

Date Published
September-12-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann at the Spirit Fest

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, and Jay McShann smile at the photographer during the Spirit Festival at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Norman Hedman visiting

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and Norman Hedman sitting on a couch probably at the Westin Crown Center Hotel on the occasion of Hedman's...

Date Published
June-25-1999
June-27-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and the band performing at the Spirit Fest

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Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Tommy Ruskin (drums), and Will Matthews (guitar); standing on stage...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and the band performing at the Spirit Fest

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Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and Will Matthews (guitar) on stage performing at the Spirit Festival...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen holds his saxophones together while backstage with Jay and Marianne McShann

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Backstage during the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white flat cap, holds a soprano saxophone and a...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performing at UMKC for the Kansas City Jazz Band Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), stands at the front of the stage while performing with an unidentified jazz band during the Kansas City Jazz Band...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen plays for the kids

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, lifts a soprano saxophone as he sits and blows into it for two kids standing in front of him behind a set of...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen solos at UMKC for the Kansas City Jazz Band Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone) standing at the front of the stage soloing with an three other unidentified soloists waiting their turn while an...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Sonny Kenner, and Terry Hughes perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone and wearing a white flat cap, looks to his left at Al Pearson. Al looks back at Ahmad as he holds a trumpet...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Fanny Dunfee, and Norman Hedman hanging out

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee, wearing a Disc Makers ball cap, and Norman Hedman sitting on a couch probably at the...

Date Published
June-25-1999
June-27-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

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Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on...

Date Published
June-18-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue 88 at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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Blue 88 Band including Mark and Sue Corbett, smile directly at the photographer as they stand on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-23-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Blue River Ordnance at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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Blue River Ordinance perform on stage at the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-25-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bob Margolin and Charlie Musselwhite at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Bob Margolin sits and sings into a microphone, mouth wide open, while he plays a microphoned slide dobro guitar. Charlie Musselwhite is seated to Bob...

Date Published
July-19-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Lo Lespes at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.

Date Published
June-24-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Buck Clayton with Spanky Davis and Carl Fontana

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Buck Clayton, Spanky Davis and Carl Fontana at McEwan's Edinburgh International of the Performing Arts, Scotland, 1985.

Date Published
August-21-1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dick Wright announcing the Deans of Swing during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival

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Dick Wright introducing Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing: Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white ball cap, and an...

Date Published
September-06-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Eddie Saunders and Sonny Kenner at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Eddie Saunders, holding his saxophone on his lap and Sonny Kenner playing a guitar, put their heads together and smile while performing at the Kansas...

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Emcee announces the Deans of Swing during the Cool Cats Jazz Festival

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Bill McFarlin, wearing a red ball cap, introducing Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing: Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a...

Date Published
September-06-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Group of musicians waiting offstage at the outdoor concert venue of the 1993 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

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Unidentified group of people relaxing in the shade, including Speedy Huggins (seated, white shirt, black tie) and Ahmad Alaadeen (wearing a white flat...

Date Published
July-24-1993
July-25-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (22)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (20)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (44)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (28)
  • Gelatin silver prints (28)
  • Color photographs (16)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • (-) Group portraits (44)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (26)
  • 1991-2000 (16)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (26)
  • Jazz musicians (26)
  • Blues festivals (22)
  • Saxophonists (22)
  • African American men (17)
  • Blues musicians (15)
  • Guitarists (14)
  • Double bassists (11)
  • Men, White (11)
  • African American women (10)
  • Singers (10)
  • Pianists (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (8)
  • Women, White (8)
  • Trombonists (7)
  • Promoters (5)
  • African American guitarists (4)
  • Harmonica players (4)
  • Jazz festivals (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Musicians' spouses (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Music audiences (2)
  • Percussionists (2)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music--Awards--Kansas (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • T-shirts (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • (-) Music festivals (44)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Kan.) (17)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Edinburgh (Scotland) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (20)
  • McShann, Jay (6)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (4)
  • Spaits, Gerald (4)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (3)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (3)
  • Taylor, Myra (3)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (2)
  • Dare, Lou (2)
  • Hedman, Norman (2)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Kirby, Steve, 1956- (2)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (2)
  • McShann, Marianne (2)
  • Naber, Roger (2)
  • Perryman, Tim (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Bailey, Donivan (1)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Berman, Byron L. (Butch) (1)
  • Britain, Rocky (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Carter, Jimmy Lee (1)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Comer, Carol (1)
  • Corbett, Mark (1)
  • Corbett, Sue (Guitarist) (1)
  • Davis, Spanky (1)
  • Dunfee, Victoria (Fanny) (1)
  • Edwards, Millie (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fontana, Carl (1)
  • Fountain, Clarence (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Gregg, Diane (1)
  • Hodge, Aaron (1)
  • Hopkins, Grant Sheffield (Groovy Grant) (1)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • Knox, Marquise (1)
  • Kovacs, Mike (1)
  • Lespes, Lo (1)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (1)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (1)
  • Margolin, Bob (1)
  • Mayberry, Joni (1)
  • McFarlin, Bill (1)
  • Musselwhite, Charlie (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Price, Geneva (1)
  • Rush, Bobby (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Samuels, Nobel (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Stuerke, John (1)
  • Townsend, Henry (1)
  • Tucker, Lori (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (1)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (4)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (4)
  • Spirit Festival (2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Capitol Jazz Festival (1992 : Jefferson City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (3)
  • Cool Cats Jazz Festival (1993 : Manhattan, Kans.) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (2)
  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City Jazz Band Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (1993 : Davenport, Ia.) (2)
  • "Books, Ballads and Bebop!" (2003 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Cool Cats Jazz Festival (1994 : Manhattan, Kans.) (1)
  • Edinburgh International Festival (1985) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1993) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2001) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (1)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Topeka Jazz Festival (2005 : Topeka, Kan.) (1)
  • Women's Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2002-06-29 (4)
  • 2003-07-05 (4)
  • 1992-09-12 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 2004-06-26 (3)
  • 2010 (3)
  • 1993-07-03 (2)
  • 1993-09-06 (2)
  • 1999-06-25 (2)
  • 1999-06-27 (2)
  • 2000-06-24 (2)
  • 2006-06-25 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 1978-03-19 (1)
  • 1985-08-21 (1)
  • 1993-07-24 (1)
  • 1993-07-25 (1)
  • 1994-09-05 (1)
  • 1998-07-19 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001-06-23 (1)
  • 2003-09-28 (1)
  • 2004-06-25 (1)
  • 2005-05-28 (1)
  • 2005-06-18 (1)
  • 2005-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-08-20 (1)
  • 2006-06-23 (1)

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