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Ahmad Alaadeen and Angela Hagenbach share a smile behind the stands

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Angela Hagenbach sits on the back of Ahmad Alaadeen's chair and lays her hands on his shoulders as they both smile at the photographer offstage at an...

Date Published
2001
2010
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 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 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, 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

Ahmad Alaadeen, Oleta Adams, and Manhattan Transfer perform at the Gem Theater

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and a tuxedo while he plays a tenor saxophone during a performance with Oleta Adams and Manhattan Transfer during...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Pearl Thuston, Luqman Hamza, Myra Taylor, Clark Terry, and others at the Gem Theater

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Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...

Date Published
May-02-2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Billie Holiday

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Signed portrait of Billie Holiday.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Norene Tate on stage

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Norene Tate speaking into a microphone on stage with Buck Clayton.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton seated with Dicky Wells and possibly Nancy Wilson

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Buck Clayton seated with Dicky Wells and, possibly, Nancy Wilson.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Jimmy Rushing, and Nancy Wilson

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Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing seated by tables, turned away from the camera, with a group of unidentified people. Nancy Wilson is standing and...

Date Published
June-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Kenny Clarke, and possibly Nancy Wilson smiling for the photographer

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Kenny Clarke with Buck Clayton, possibly Nancy Wilson and two unidentified people.

Date Published
March-1963
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carmen McRae and an unidentified woman with Buck Clayton

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Buck Clayton seated at an outdoor table and speaking with Carmen McRae and an unidentified woman.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

City Light Jazz Ensemble in front of the Gem Theater

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City Light Jazz Ensemble sits in and stands by a 1946 De Soto convertible in front of the Gem Theater with Ida McBeth leaning on the right front hood...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen 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

Don Mumford, Angela Hagenbach, Will Matthews, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tyrone Clark, and Everette Freeman

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Don Mumford (drums), Angela Hagenbach (singing at microphone), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone...

Date Published
August-01-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Edwards Sisters

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The Edwards Sisters performing on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York with unidentified pianist behind them.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Freddie Green, Sonny Cohn, and Sarah Vaughan with a fan

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Freddie Green with Sonny Cohn, in performance costumes, standing behind Sarah Vaughn and an unidentified woman in white, cat-eyed, double-winged...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Getting ready for the panel discussion during Generations of Jazz

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Myra Taylor, Chuck Berg sit at the panel table with Bobby Watson and Ronnell Bright standing in background...

Date Published
August-19-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Lena Horne

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Lena Horne, from her left side with her right hand to her neck, in a publicity photo signed to Ahmad.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Norene Tate and Buck Clayton

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Norene Tate seated with Buck Clayton and an unidentified man.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (12)

Types

  • photographs (32)

Genres

  • Color photographs (22)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Promotional materials (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1991-2000 (6)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (30)
  • Jazz musicians (30)
  • Saxophonists (19)
  • Trumpet players (10)
  • Bass guitarists (8)
  • Guitarists (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Women jazz singers (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Music critics (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • (-) African American women jazz singers (32)
  • (-) Jazz singers (32)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (6)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (19)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (8)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (8)
  • Taylor, Myra (5)
  • Tate, Norene (3)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (3)
  • Wilson, Nancy, 1937- (3)
  • Austin, Patti (2)
  • Berg, Chuck (2)
  • Bright, Ronnell, 1930- (2)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Adams, Oleta (1)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Bentyne, Cheryl (1)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (1)
  • Clarke, Kenny, 1914-1985 (1)
  • Cohn, Sonny, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hauser, Tim, 1941-2014 (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • Horne, Lena (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McRae, Carmen (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Paul, Alan, 1949- (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Siegel, Janis (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tesser, Neil (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)

Events

  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Generations of Jazz at Science City (2000 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Jazz Lovers' Fall Crawl (1988 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2004-11 (8)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1940 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1998-09-11 (3)
  • 2000-08-19 (3)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 1963-03 (1)
  • 1964-06 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1991-08-01 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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