Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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: Ahmad Alaadeen talking at Mutual Musicians Foundation Building; Ahmad Alaadeen holds his right hand chest high while talking at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri possibly during the Tradin' 4s Series in the 18th and Vine district 026One MO Time., No date; likely May 5, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen talking from the table; Ahmad Alaadeen talking while seated at a table during a panel discussion at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri possibly during the Tradin' 4s Series in the 18th and Vine district 026One MO Time., No date; likely May 5, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies

: Ahmad Alaadeen talks with a fan; Ahmad Alaadeen, seated and holding a soprano saxophone, is talking with an unidentified music student who is bending down to look Ahmad in the face at an unidentified venue. A saxophone case and an upside down fedora lie on the table beside Ahmad. His expression is tired but happy., No date; likely 2000-2010, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen talks with a student at Paseo Academy; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, talking with an unidentified jazz ensemble student at Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri., December 11, 1998, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen talks with fans during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, talks outdoors with music fans during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The crowd is visible behind them., July 25-26, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teachers jazz students at a UMKC Jazz Workshop; Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the camera, lifts his arms as he is working with a group of jazz instrumental students listening intently during a jazz workshop at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. An unidentified man stands to Ahmad's left., 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teaches an auditorium of music students; Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, standing on the stage with his arms spread wide, addressing an audience of saxophone students and their teacher during jazz clinic at an unidentified auditorium., No date; likely 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teaches an auditorium of music students; Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, pointing offstage while addressing an audience of saxophone students and their teacher during a jazz clinic at an unidentified auditorium., No date; likely 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teaching class; Ahmad Alaadeen teaching a class at the Charlie Parker Academy in Kansas City, Missouri., 1975, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teaching class; Ahmad Alaadeen teaching a group of students at the Charlie Parker Academy in Kansas City, Missouri., 1975, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen teaching students at Flint Hills Music; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, working with two unidentified music students while an unidentified man looks on at the Flint Hills Music Store in Emporia, Kansas., February 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen thinks over the question during a panel discussion; Ahmad Alaadeen rubs his chin with his mouth his open while he thinks about a question during a panel discussion during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri., May 12, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen trades solos with a student; Ahmad Alaadeen, his back to the photographer, trades solos by playing a tenor saxophone as a student stands and plays an alto saxophone while working the rest of the band backs them up at an unidentified school. The directors hands can be seen in the far right of the photograph., 2002, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen up close; Ahmad Alaadeen, very close up, smiles directly at the photographer as he holds his saxophone right next to the left side of his face. He is wearing a fedora., 2000, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies; copy 2: 4x5

: Ahmad Alaadeen waiting with a fellow performer backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and an unidentified man sitting backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts., October 11-12, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen waits behind the microphone to play a soprano saxophone; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, waits with closed eyes behind a microphone to play a soprano saxophone on an outdoor pavilion behind the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warming up for the John Coltrane Memorial Concert; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, warming up backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. A muted trumpet is visible in the background., October 11-12, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up before "We Haz Jazz" at Briarwood Elementary School; Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the front of the stage and plays a tenor saxophone to rehearse and try a sound check before the stage play "We Haz Jazz!" at Briarwood Elementary School in Olathe, Kansas., February 9, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up in Sikeston, Missouri; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing an embroidered kufi hat, sitting on a barstool and warming up on soprano saxophone before a seminar at Prince of Peace Baptist Church in Sikeston, Missouri. A tenor saxophone sits on a stand to the right of the barstool., February 7, 1997, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up in Sikeston, Missouri; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing an embroidered kufi hat, sitting on a barstool and warming up on soprano saxophone before a seminar at Prince of Peace Baptist Church in Sikeston, Missouri., February 7, 1997, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up in an auditorium; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap and playing tenor saxophone while an unidentified man, possibly a music teacher motions and smiles towards the stage possibly during a jazz clinic at an unidentified school venue., No date; likely between 2001-2010, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up in the green room; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a red suit jacket, warming up on tenor saxophone while Akers Aitch sits nearby in a chair, backstage at an unidentified venue., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen warms up with students from Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band; Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, second from right) warms up while band members talk before the Kansas City Middle School of the Arts jazz band concert in the cafeteria of the adjacent high school (Paseo Academy)., April 20, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen wearing a hat too small for his head; Ahmad Alaadeen, looking doubtful as he wears a black leather garrison cap while WGBH radio host, Eric Jackson (background, left), and others sit and stand as they talk backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert in Blackman Auditorium at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts., October 11-12, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen wearing an embroidered kufi cap; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing an embroidered kufi cap, stands in front of a stucco wall and gives a small smile to the photographer. He holds the neck of a saxophone in his left hand., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen whispers a secret during a rehearsal with a student jazz band; An unidentified man, possibly Oregon Trail band director Ed Colson, bends down to listen as Ahmad Alaadeen whispers from behind his hand while sitting in with a jazz band probably during a rehearsal for a jazz concert featuring Olathe North High, Oregon Trail Junior High, and Santa Fe Trail Junior High jazz bands in Olathe, Kansas., February 2002, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen wins an award; Ahmad Alaadeen receiving an award from an unidentified man while others look on at an unidentified venue and event., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ahmad Alaadeen with Doug Alpert; Ahmad Alaadeen and Doug Alpert (executive director of the Kansas City Jazz Commission) stand among a crowd at an unidentified venue and an unidentified event., No date; likely 2000s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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