Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), looks straight at the photographer with a surprised face. David Basse (vocal), standing and singing into a microphone...
George Duke with his arm around the shoulder of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Harry Belafonte, and George Benson (mostly out of frame), hanging...
Ahmad Alaadeen, with his back to the photographer, George Duke, laughing, Harry Belafonte, looking through his wallet, and George Benson standing off...
Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated) and others during...
Group shot of Ahmad Alaadeen (third from right), Pearl Thuston (second from right), Luqman Hamza (far right), Myra Taylor (seated, left), Clark Terry...
The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground...
Bettye Miller singing while playing the piano during her birthday party. An unidentified man is seated behind her.
Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...
Norene Tate speaking into a microphone on stage with Buck Clayton.
Norene Tate speaking into a microphone on stage with Buck Clayton pointing at the crowd. Mary Lou Williams and unidentified white man in the...
Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi...
Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), wearing a black fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a kufi...
Publicity photograph of the City Light Orchestra: Tim Whitmer, LaVerne Barker, David Basse, wearing a fedora, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jano Mossman...
A postcard of The City Light Orchestra performing: Tim Whitmer (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), LaVerne Barker (bass), David Basse (drums). The...
City Light Orchestra: (clockwise from top) David Basse, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Whitmer, and LaVerne Barker, smile directly at the photographer. LaVerne...
Cotton Candy Washington looks to her left to sing into the microphone as she plays a keyboard during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. An...
An unidentified group of people, two of which are dancers, one pianist, and likely a singer, performing on stage.
Don Mumford (drums), Angela Hagenbach (singing at microphone), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone...
A bass player stands in the corner of the Mutual Musicians Foundation wearing a straw hat and looking down at the bass. Luqman Hamza sits at the piano...
Publicity reproduction of a painting featuring portraits of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and "Big Mama" Thornton arranged against a background of...
Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra includes Eddie Baker (piano), Herman Walder (saxophone, first row, far right), Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, first row, far...
Eddie Barefield on stage holding his clarinet with Mae Barnes and a partial view of a pianist to Barefield's right while on the Art Ford Show.
Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham seated on a covered lawn swing with two unidentified African American men in lawn chairs enjoying drinks and leisure time...
Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone...
Frank Sinatra standing in a recording studio looking at music on a piano with Bill Miller and holding his hands in his pockets. An unidentified...
