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Ahmad Alaadeen, George Duke, Harry Belafonte, George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

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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...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen, George Duke, Harry Belafonte, George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

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Ahmad Alaadeen, with his back to the photographer, George Duke, laughing, Harry Belafonte, looking through his wallet, and George Benson standing off...

Date Published
September-11-1998
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

Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye enjoy a conversation

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Robert Watson, Sr., smile as they talk with Marilyn Maye while seated at the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem...

Date Published
May-20-2006
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen 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 Washington during the Living Blues weekend

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Cotton Candy Washington slants her eyes to the right with a smile on her face as she hold an unlit cigarette with long, long finger nails, long long...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Duck Warner, Chuck Haddix, and Ahmad Alaadeen

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(Left group) Lester "Duck" Warner talking with two unidentified people and (right group) Chuck Haddix and Ahmad Alaadeen talking in the street outside...

Date Published
2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gathering of musicians outside Mutual Musicians Foundation building

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(Top row) Luqman Hamza, unidentified, Orestie "Rusty" Tucker, unidentified, unidentified, (second row from top) unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Everette...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Geneva Price at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Geneva Price folds her hands in her lap as she sits sideways on a chair during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. She's...

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

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

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Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

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

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

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Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

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

Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and George Duke backstage at the Gem Theater

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Harry Belafonte, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, George Benson, and George Duke, wearing tuxedos, stand arm in arm and smile at the photographer...

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

Ida McBeth at Rhythm & Ribs

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Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.

Date Published
June-19-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Ida McBeth at Rhythm & Ribs

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Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.

Date Published
June-17-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Karrin Allyson at Rhythm & Ribs

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Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.

Date Published
June-17-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lawrence Wright at the Gem Theater

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Lawrence Wright, wearing a tuxedo, sings into a microphone as he plays a keyboard during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's facing to the...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye

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Leon Brady, Ahmad Alaadeen, Robert Watson, Sr., and Marilyn Maye (mostly obscured) seated during Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem...

Date Published
May-20-2006
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Linda Shell at the Gem Theater

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Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lisa Henry at 2005 Rhythm & Ribs

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Lisa Henry licks her lips and looks up left as she holds the microphone in her left hand and touches thumb to ring finger on her right hand as she...

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

Luqman Hamza, Karrin Allyson, Eddie Saunders, Tommy Ruskin, and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Luqman Hamza (piano), Karrin Allyson (vocals), Eddie Saunders (bass), and Tommy Ruskin (drums) all smile at the photographer as Ahmad Alaadeen plays a...

Date Published
June-09-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Marva Whitney points

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Marva Whitney's look has a warning in her eyes as she points her right index finger toward the photographer and leans her head on her left hand at...

Date Published
September-19-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Mary Moore at the Gem Theater

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Mary Moore looks up with her eyes closed as she sings into a microphone held high, fingers splayed during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (18)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (16)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Group portraits (19)
  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Color photographs (16)
  • Portrait photographs (13)
  • Promotional materials (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (23)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (33)
  • African American jazz musicians (32)
  • Saxophonists (19)
  • African American women (12)
  • Pianists (12)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • African American guitarists (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (6)
  • Women jazz singers (6)
  • African American men (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • African American male singers (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Jazz festivals (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Music journalists (2)
  • Awards (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Jazz singers (34)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • (-) 18th and Vine District (34)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (18)
  • Taylor, Myra (6)
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (5)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (5)
  • Duke, George (5)
  • Hamza, Luqman (5)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (4)
  • Maye, Marilyn (3)
  • McBeth, Ida (3)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (3)
  • Allyson, Karrin (2)
  • Austin, Patti (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (2)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (2)
  • Moore, Mary (2)
  • Price, Geneva (2)
  • Saunders, Eddie (2)
  • Searcy, Roy (2)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Adams, Oleta (1)
  • Bentyne, Cheryl (1)
  • Brady, Leon (1)
  • Edwards, Millie (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hauser, Tim, 1941-2014 (1)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Paul, Alan, 1949- (1)
  • Penn, Steve (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (1)
  • Siegel, Janis (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Whitney, Marva (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (8)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (5)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievements Awards (2006 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Jazz Lovers' Fall Crawl (1988 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1998-09-11 (8)
  • 1999-09-18 (4)
  • 2000-01-22 (4)
  • 2006-05-20 (3)
  • 2005-06-17 (2)
  • 2010-05-02 (2)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1994-08-27 (1)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 1999-09-17 (1)
  • 1999-09-19 (1)
  • 2000-01-20 (1)
  • 2000-06-09 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2005-06-18 (1)
  • 2005-06-19 (1)

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