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Ahmad Alaadeen rests a moment as Dick Wright enjoys the crowd at the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards reception

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Ahmad Alaadeen sitting at a table while fellow recipient Dick Wright stands directly behind him talking to someone during the Jazz Heritage Awards...

Date Published
August-23-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen wearing a hat too small for his head

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Ahmad Alaadeen, looking doubtful as he wears a black leather garrison cap while WGBH radio host, Eric Jackson (background, left), and others sit and...

Date Published
October-11-1996
October-12-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

All of the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award recipients seated at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri

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(Front row) Arch Martin, Luqman Hamza, an unidentified woman, and Frank Smith, (back row) Dick Wright, Ahmad Alaadeen, Sonny Kenner, Eddie Saunders...

Date Published
August-23-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Drawing of Kay Kyser

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Illustration of Kay Kyser wearing academic robes and hat. Kyser is holding papers in one hand and pointing with the other hand.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Group 21 getting ready for a live broadcast of NPR's Talk of the Nation

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Alaadeen and Group 21: Chris Clarke (piano), wearing a kufi cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Pat Flynn (drums...

Date Published
September-28-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Kay Kyser

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Headshot of Kay Kyser looking to the side with an inquisitive facial expression. Kyser is wearing a tweed jacket and black tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser

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Headshot of Kay Kyser looking to the side and smiling. Kyser is wearing a tweed jacket and striped tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser

Image

Headshot of Kay Kyser looking to the side with a surprised facial expression. Kyser is wearing a tweed jacket and black tie.

Date Published
1941
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser

Image

Headshot of Kay Kyser looking to the side and smiling. Kyser is wearing a light colored suit jacket and black tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser

Image

Publicity photo of Kay Kyser sitting and leaning back while smiling and looking to the side. Kyser is wearing a tweed jacket and black tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser

Image

Publicity photo of Kay Kyser leaning forward and holding an NBC microphone with both hands while smiling. Kyser is wearing a tweed jacket and...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser and the Town Criers

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Kay Kyser sitting with the Town Criers. Kyser is holding a hand to his ear and smiling. Vernon, Lucy Ann, and Gordon look forward while smiling. Elva...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser in academic costume

Image

Publicity photo of Kay Kyser featuring Kyser standing behind several instruments played by musicians not visible in the photograph. Kyser is wearing...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kay Kyser on stage

Image

An unidentified woman and Kay Kyser photographed from a low angle while performing on stage. Both are standing behind CBS microphones. Kyser is...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Mike Murphy and Marilyn Maye smile for the photographer at Club 427

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Radio broadcaster, Mike Murphy, has his arms around Marilyn Maye and likely, Patty, at Club 427 in Kansas City, MO. The bar is visible behind them.

Date Published
January-07-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

NPR's Talk of the Nation personnel and Ahmad Alaadeen at Union Station

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Arun Rath (fifth from right), Ahmad Alaadeen (fourth from right), wearing a kurfi cap, radio host Juan Williams (third from right), and four...

Date Published
September-28-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
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  • Jazz musicians
  • Radio broadcasters

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (10)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (5)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Illustrations (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (10)
  • 1991-2000 (6)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Band leaders (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (16)
  • (-) Radio broadcasters (16)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Kyser, Kay (10)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (5)
  • Williams, Juan (2)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (2)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (1)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (1)
  • Flynn, Pat (Drummer) (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Jackson, Eric (Radio personality) (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • Murphy, Mike, 1940-2011 (1)
  • Rath, Arun (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • John Coltrane Memorial Concert (1996 : Boston, Mass.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (8)
  • 1941 (5)
  • 1950 (4)
  • 1991-08-23 (2)
  • 2000-09-28 (2)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1996-10-11 (1)
  • 1996-10-12 (1)
  • 1998-01-07 (1)

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