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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 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, 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

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

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

Jay McShann, Ahmad Alaadeen, Richard Ross, Sonny Kenner, and Bob Bowman, performing at The Club at Plaza III

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Jay McShann (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Richard Ross (vocals), Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Bob Bowman (bass, mostly obscured) performing at...

Date Published
April-26-1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Shahid (Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Sonny Kenner)

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, and Sonny Kenner stand outside and smile at the photographer...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Shahid in a banquet room

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Sonny Kenner, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand in a banquet room and smile at the photographer. Luqman...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jimmy Witherspoon prepare to perform

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), laughing, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals) prepare to perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's...

Date Published
August-27-1994
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
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  • African American guitarists
  • Jazz singers

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (12)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Color photographs (12)
  • Group portraits (12)
  • Snapshots (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 2001-2010 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (12)
  • Guitarists (12)
  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Saxophonists (12)
  • Pianists (9)
  • African American male singers (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • African American Muslims (2)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Black Muslims (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • (-) African American guitarists (12)
  • (-) Jazz singers (12)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (6)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (12)
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (5)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (5)
  • Duke, George (5)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (4)
  • Falah, Tayammum (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (2)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (1)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1998-09-11 (5)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 2004-11 (2)
  • 1991-08-01 (1)
  • 1994-08-27 (1)
  • 1995-04-26 (1)

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