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Ahmad Alaadeen and George Benson backstage at the Gem Theater

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and George Benson, both in tuxedos, hanging out backstage at the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin'...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner packing up at the Plaza III

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora and an overcoat, and Sonny Kenner, wearing a tuxedo, have their coats on and are packing up at The Club at Plaza III...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner share a giggle

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner, wearing very nice double-breasted suits, share a giggle backstage at an unidentified venue.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner share a microphone to sing together

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) grins as he and Sonny Kenner (guitar) share a microphone while singing together, supported by David Daahoud Williams (bass)...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Will Matthews perform for music students at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Will Matthews (guitar) performing at a jazz clinic in Brandt Music Hall at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape...

Date Published
January-18-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen greeting his friend

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Standing outside a building among parked cars, possibly Sonny Kenner, from his right side, motions toward Ahmad Alaadeen. Ahmad is laughing and...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen listens to others perform

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Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, (with Sonny Kenner, bottom left) with his eyes closed as he listens while performing at the Mutual...

Date Published
August-27-1994
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performing with a jazz combo

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, performing with an unidentified jazz combo.

Date Published
September-01-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performing with a jazz combo

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), a guitarist and a flugelhorn player, all wearing kufi hats, look out from the stage as the guitarist and the drummer play...

Date Published
September-01-2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a fedora, an unidentified drummer, and Tyrone Clark (bass) performing at an outdoor...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a jazz combo outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Will Matthews (guitar) perform at an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with a quartet outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Don Mumford (drums), and Will Matthews (guitar) perform at an outdoor concert on the Country Club...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra

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Ahmad Alaadeen (first row, second from right) rehearses with the Count Basie Orchestra before the Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event. The...

Date Published
May-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra

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Ahmad Alaadeen (first row, second from right) performing with the Count Basie Orchestra during the Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event. The...

Date Published
May-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen performs with the Count Basie Orchestra

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Ahmad Alaadeen (first row, second from right) performing with the Count Basie Orchestra during The Cancer Institute of Kansas City dinner event. The...

Date Published
May-1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen sings during a performance outdoors on the Country Club Plaza

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Ahmad Alaadeen standing and singing into a microphone during an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. Wil Matthews arm...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Al Pearson, Sonny Kenner, and Terry Hughes perform at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding a tenor saxophone and wearing a white flat cap, looks to his left at Al Pearson. Al looks back at Ahmad as he holds a trumpet...

Date Published
July-03-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Chuck Haddix, and Sonny Kenner greet each other during the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Festival

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Chuck Haddix, wearing a white fedora and a "Fish Fry" t-shirt, puts his arms around the shoulders of Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner during the Kansas...

Date Published
July-29-1994
July-31-1994
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Fiddler Williams, and George Benson visiting Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, George Benson stand in front of a wall of photographs of members and performers at...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen, George Benson, and Bobby Watson backstage at the Gem Theater

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, his back to the photographer, speaks with George Benson as Bobby Watson, wearing a derby hat, stands in a doorway...

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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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, Luqman Hamza, and Sonny Kenner receive the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award

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Luqman Hamza, Ahmad Alaadeen and Sonny Kenner holding their Kansas City Jazz Heritage award plaques from the Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II at the Jazz...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, and Tyrone Clark wait at an airport

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Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, and Tyrone Clark seat on a bench against a wall relaxing in an airport during their trip to Skopje, Macedonia. The...

Date Published
July-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Akers Aitch, Tyrone Clark, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, Will Matthews, and Donivan Bailey in Arkansas

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Akers Aitch, Tyrone Clark, Ahmad Alaadeen, Danny Campbell, Will Matthews, and Donivan Bailey stand outside a van and smile for the photographer during...

Date Published
March-1995
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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  • African American guitarists
  • 1991-2000

Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (67)

Types

  • photographs (67)

Genres

  • Group portraits (60)
  • Color photographs (53)
  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Snapshots (7)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1991-2000 (67)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (67)
  • Jazz musicians (67)
  • Guitarists (66)
  • Saxophonists (64)
  • Pianists (29)
  • Double bassists (25)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (24)
  • Jazz singers (8)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Awards (4)
  • Bass guitarists (4)
  • Music--Competitions (4)
  • Musical instruments--Maintenance and repair (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • African American football players (1)
  • African American male singers (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Cashiers (1)
  • Football players (1)
  • Football players as artists (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Motion picture locations (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Music journalists (1)
  • Music museums (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • (-) African American guitarists (67)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (18)
  • Magnolia (Ark.) (2)
  • Skopje (North Macedonia) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (64)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (36)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (17)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (16)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (9)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (7)
  • Hamza, Luqman (7)
  • Mumford, Don (7)
  • Duke, George (6)
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Pearson, Al (4)
  • Brown, Leonard L. (Leonard Lewis), 1946- (3)
  • Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010 (3)
  • Weilert, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (3)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (3)
  • Bailey, Donivan (2)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Campbell, Danny (Trumpet player) (2)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (2)
  • Kirby, Steve, 1956- (2)
  • Sykes, Gary (Drummer) (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Aitch, Akers (1)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (1)
  • Bennett, Donnell, 1972- (1)
  • Bruce, Franz, 1916-1997 (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (1)
  • Hughes, Terry (Drummer) (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Martin, Arch, 1931-2009 (1)
  • Pittman, Matt (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Roulette, Adolph (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Strayer, Kerry, 1957-2013 (1)
  • Thomas, Reggie (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Weiler, Fidelis (Dooley), 1914-2007 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)
  • Wright, Dick, 1931-1999 (1)

Events

  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (9)
  • BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Charlie Parker Symposium (1999 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Jazz Heritage Awards (1991 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1992) (4)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1994) (1)
  • Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (1993 : Davenport, Ia.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (15)
  • 2000 (10)
  • 1998-09-11 (9)
  • 1991-08-01 (5)
  • 1991-08-23 (5)
  • 1992-07-25 (4)
  • 1992-07-26 (4)
  • 1999-03-26 (4)
  • 1991-05 (3)
  • 1994-08-27 (3)
  • 1995-04-26 (3)
  • 1993-01-17 (2)
  • 1993-07-13 (2)
  • 1995-03 (2)
  • 2000-09-01 (2)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1993-01-18 (1)
  • 1993-07 (1)
  • 1993-07-03 (1)
  • 1994-07-29 (1)
  • 1994-07-31 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-03-27 (1)
  • 2000-11-28 (1)

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