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"Joe Liggins Leader of the Famous Honeydrippers"

Image

Headshot of Joe Liggins leaning forward and smiling. Liggins is wearing a white suit and patterned tie.

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

After hours session

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Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman on clarinet) with Gene Krupa (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), George Duvivier (bass), Teddy Wilson...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and a band get ready to perform during an event sponsored by the Missouri African American Cultural Initiative

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Everette Freeman (piano), Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, and Danny Campbell helping organize charts at Ahmad's...

Date Published
May-25-1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and a band perform at an event sponsored by the Missouri African American Cultural Initiative

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Everette Freeman (piano), Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Matt Kane (drums), and Danny Campbell (trumpet) while performing at an...

Date Published
May-25-1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and a combo performing on an outdoor stage in Jefferson City, MO

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Everette Freeman (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap, Steve Kirby (bass), and Tim Perryman (trombone) are...

Date Published
September-12-1992
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Hamza Luqman rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Luqman Hamza (piano) rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Hamza Luqman rehearse at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), from his right, and Luqman Hamza (piano) rehearsing at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann at the Spirit Fest

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, and Jay McShann smile at the photographer during the Spirit Festival at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann confer with younger gentlemen

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Jay McShann is seated at the piano but turned to his left and smiling as he confers with a young man who is facing away from the photographer. Ahmad...

Date Published
August-21-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann performing during the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit at the Gem Theater

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Profile of Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Jay McShann (piano) while performing at the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit Concert at the Gem Theater in Kansas City...

Date Published
May-15-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann relaxing at the Plaza III

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora and an overcoat, and Jay McShann, wearing a tuxedo, relaxing and sharing a beverage at The Club at Plaza III in...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann sit offstage in tuxedos

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Ahmad Alaadeen, holding his sax on his lap, and Jay McShann sit offstage wearing tuxedos at the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit Concert at the Gem Theater in...

Date Published
May-15-2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann smile for the photographer

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, and Jay McShann sit in a room with wood paneled walls and smile at the photographer the day of the Spirit...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Jay McShann smile for the photographer

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, and Jay McShann sit in a room with wood paneled walls and grin at the photographer the day of the Spirit...

Date Published
July-05-2003
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Reggie Thomas at an outdoor concert

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Possibly Tim Davis (drummer), Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, another unidentified man with a towel around his shoulders, and Reggie Thomas stand...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen and Reggie Thomas smile for the photographer at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, MO

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Reggie Thomas smile for the photographer during a four-night residence with the Steve Kirby Trio at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic...

Date Published
March-24-1993
March-27-1993
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen appreciating Jay McShann's piano talents

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Jay McShann from his left side, watching his hands as he plays piano. A microphone is visible at the top of the photograph. A cloth lies across the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen discusses recording with Misha Tsiganov and Craig Rivers

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Misha Tsiganov and Craig Rivers listen to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap and talking, during a recording session for Hedman's band Tropique,...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen explains a finer point to the music students at Clark County High School

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Ahmad Alaadeen leans forward and lifts his right hand to explain a point while working with a group of students during a jazz clinic at Clark County R...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen greets Jay McShann

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, looks up over his glasses and stands behind a seated Jay McShann as they shake hands. Jay looks up and to his left...

Date Published
August-21-1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen holds his saxophones together while backstage with Jay and Marianne McShann

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Backstage during the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white flat cap, holds a soprano saxophone and a...

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

Ahmad Alaadeen instructs at Paseo Academy

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, instructs while Everette Freeman (background seated near the piano) listens during a jazz clinic at...

Date Published
April-17-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen joins the local jazz combo on stage

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An unidentified alto saxophone player, piano player, Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), and an unidentified bass player performing onstage during a...

Date Published
2004
2004
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen listens to a student

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An unidentified student in a red, white, and blue tie-dyed t-shirt, holds out his saxophone strap while he talks to Ahmad Alaadeen who is smiling...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen on the street

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Carmell Jones, wearing a ball cap, with bags hanging from their right shoulders, walk on the street in the 18th and Vine District...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
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