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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 and Cotton Candy perform with a jazz combo at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, Cotton Candy (vocals), unidentified (electric guitar); performing at BB's Lawnside BBQ in Kansas...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen imitates Cotton Candy at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) imitates Cotton Candy's stance as an unidentified acoustic guitarist and bass player perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ in Kansas...

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

Cotton Candy at Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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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...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy smiles as she listens to Ahmad Alaadeen and a jazz combo perform at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Cotton Candy smiles as she sits at a table and listens to Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric...

Date Published
November-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Cotton Candy talks while Ahmad Alaadeen's jazz combo performs at BB's Lawnside BBQ

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, and an unidentified (electric guitar) performing at BB's Lawnside BBQ as Cotton Candy (vocals)...

Date Published
November-2004
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

Ed Dix watching jazz singer

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Ed Dix (right) with his saxophone on stage watching an unidentified white woman singing into a microphone with two unidentified white male guitarists...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra

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Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra includes Eddie Baker (piano), Herman Walder (saxophone, first row, far right), Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, first row, far...

Date Published
1980
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Freddie Green, Sonny Cohn, and Sarah Vaughan with a fan

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Freddie Green with Sonny Cohn, in performance costumes, standing behind Sarah Vaughn and an unidentified woman in white, cat-eyed, double-winged...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

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Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham 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

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

Jazz quartet on stage

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Four unidentified African American men perform on a lighted stage at night. Includes pianist, guitarist, bassist, and vocalist.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Jazz quartet on stage

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Four unidentified African American men perform on a lighted stage at night. Includes pianist, guitarist, bassist, and vocalist.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Jeannie Cheatham and Bob Boss

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Jeannie Cheatham playing piano (facing right) with a microphone in front of her and Bob Boss playing guitar beyond her at "An Evening of Note"...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Johnny Crawford sings as the band accompanies him

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Rusty Tucker, drummer; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing a Danelectro double guitar; and possibly Pearl Thuston, piano, smile...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Johnny Johnston

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Headshot of Johnny Johnston turning to the side and looking forward while smiling. Johnston is wearing a pinstripe suit and black tie.

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

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Member of

  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (19)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (6)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (3)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (37)

Genres

  • Group portraits (35)
  • Color photographs (28)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (11)
  • 2001-2010 (11)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (34)
  • African American jazz musicians (31)
  • Saxophonists (24)
  • Pianists (20)
  • African American guitarists (12)
  • African American men (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • African American women (8)
  • African American women jazz singers (8)
  • Bass guitarists (8)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • African American male singers (4)
  • African American Muslims (3)
  • Black Muslims (3)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Wake services (1)
  • (-) Guitarists (37)
  • (-) Jazz singers (37)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (9)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (19)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (8)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (7)
  • Belafonte, Harry, 1927- (5)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (5)
  • Duke, George (5)
  • Hamza, Luqman (5)
  • Falah, Tayammum (3)
  • Taylor, Myra (3)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (2)
  • King Alex, 1934-2008 (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (2)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (1)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (1)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (1)
  • Boss, Bob (1)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (1)
  • Cohn, Sonny, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Freeman, Everett, Jr. (1)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hagenbach, Angela (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
  • Johnston, Johnnie, 1915-1996 (1)
  • Matthews, William (Guitarist) (1)
  • Mumford, Don (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Saunders, Eddie (1)
  • Searcy, Roy (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
  • Vaughan, Sarah, 1924-1990 (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)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation\'s 90th Birthday Jam (1994 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2004-11 (6)
  • 1998-09-11 (5)
  • 1981 (4)
  • 1990 (4)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1975 (3)
  • 1976 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1999-09-18 (2)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1991-08-01 (1)
  • 1994-08-27 (1)
  • 1995-04-26 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001-04-10 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)
  • 2006-12-14 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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