Seth Lee tries to figure out what's going on with Ahmad Alaadeen
An unidentified man stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and Seth Lee while hanging out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem...
An unidentified man stands to the right of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, and Seth Lee while hanging out offstage by the rear entrance of the Gem...
Sam Woodyard, drums, Walter Page, bass, and Buck Clayton, trumpet, performing on stage with Clayton throwing a large and striking shadow against a...
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, and Sonny Kenner stand outside and smile at the photographer...
Luqman Hamza (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), unidentified bass player, Tayammum Falah (drums); all close their eyes as they perform on stage.
Luqman Hamza, wearing a kufi cap, Ahmad Alaadeen, an unidentified bassist, and Tayammum Falah stand backstage holding their instruments. Luqman wears...
The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s (Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tayammum Falah, and Claude...
Tayammum Falah, with his arms around the shoulders of Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen, both wearing kufi hats, stand in front of a chalkboard wearing...
Tayammum Falah, with his arms around the shoulders of Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen, both wearing kufi hats, looks at the photographer. All three...
Sonny Kenner, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand in a banquet room and smile at the photographer. Luqman...
The Shahid (Luqman Hamza (piano), wearing a kufi hat, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), also wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified bass player, Sonny Kenner...
Woody Herman shaking hands with Buck Clayton; both wearing coats and Herman is holding a large envelope in one hand.
Unidentified African American man in a red sweater and blue pants bowing and shaking the hands of man, likely an emcee, with a microphone; behind them...
Sharon Thompson and Kevin Mahogany at Plaza III on Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. They are looking forward and smiling. Thompson is wearing a...
Sharon Thompson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Thompson is looking to the right and singing into a...
Sharon Thompson performing at Plaza III on Pennsylvania Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Thompson is closing her eyes and singing into a microphone in...
Shorty Haughton turning to the side and looking up while playing trombone. Haughton is standing in a studio with a checkered tile floor and wearing a...
Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett looking up and to the side while playing drums. Catlett is wearing a striped t-shirt and suspenders.
Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett seated behind Sonny Greer's drum set while playing and looking forward. An unidentified musician sits in the background.
Close-up photograph from below of Sidney Bechet wearing a striped suit and playing saxophone.
Sidney Bechet, Mezz Mezzrow, clarinets, Jack Butler, trumpet, and Wilbur DeParis, trombone.
Mezz Mezzrow performing with Sidney Bechet and Jack Butler.
Publicity photo of Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett wearing a suit and playing drums on stage. Catlett is looking forward while tossing one drum stick in the...
Portrait of Simeon O. Clayton facing left, wearing glasses.
Simeon O. Clayton in band uniform seated with a euphonium in front of a house.