Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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: Patti Austin and Ahmad Alaadeen backstage at the Gem Theater; Patti Austin stands to the right next to Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat and tuxedo and holding a saxophone while hanging out backstage during the Annual 18th & Vine Gala "Ellington At 99: Livin' on the Vine" at the Gem Theater in the 18th and Vine district in Kansas City, Missouri., September 11, 1998, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Milt Jackson (vibes, soloing), Max Roach (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Al Grey (trombone), Peter King (alto saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Leonard Brown (soprano saxophone); performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., March 26, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Max Roach (drums), Leonard Brown (soprano sax, standing next to Roach), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor sax, soloing), wearing a kufi hat, Al Grey (trombone), Bobby Watson (alto sax, clapping), Peter King (alto saxophone); performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., March 26, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Milt Jackson (vibes, soloing), Max Roach (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor saxophone), wearing a kufi hat, Charles McPherson (alto sax, in background), Al Grey (trombone), Peter King (alto saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto sax, clapping) performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. All are laughing., March 26, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Milt Jackson (vibes), Max Roach (drums), Leonard Brown (soprano sax, standing next to Roach), Ahmad Alaadeen (tenor sax, soloing), wearing a kufi hat, Al Grey (trombone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Peter King (alto saxophone); performing at the Charlie Parker Tribute Concert during Charlie Parker Symposium at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., March 26, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Photographs of negatives of Ahmad Alaadeen; Five strips of 25 images of Ahmad Alaadeen mostly preparing and playing a soprano saxophone. These contact sheets are made to look like they are pictures of negatives., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Photographs of negatives of Ahmad Alaadeen; Contact sheet of 5 images of Ahmad Alaadeen mostly preparing and playing a soprano saxophone. The contact sheet is made to look like they are pictures of negatives., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Possibly Julie Turner and Ahmad Alaadeen perform; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, plays a tenor saxophone as, likely, Julie Turner sing while performing with an unidentified bass player and drummer on a stage in an unidentified venue., No date; likely between 1981-1990, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Possibly Leonard Brown, Ahmad Alaadeen, and an unidentified friend on 18th and Vine; Possibly Leonard Brown, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, and an unidentified laughing fan stand arm in arm in front of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and Vine district of Kansas City, Missouri., August 21, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Princess Pat Cox and Ahmad Alaadeen; Pat "Princess" Cox and Ahmad Alaadeen smile at the photographer as they stand outside Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. A crowd is visible behind them., 2003, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Profile of Ahmad Alaadeen waiting with a fellow performer backstage at the John Coltrane Memorial Concert; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, and an unidentified man, both in profile, sit backstage during 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.

: Proof photograph of Ahmad Alaadeen; Ahmad Alaadeen from his left playing a tenor saxophone. Possibly a proof photograph., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., polaroid image

: R.C. Robinson and Ahmad Alaadeen; R.C. Robinson, wearing a flat cap and a Miles Davis t-shirt under his suit jacket, stands with his arm around the right shoulder of Ahmad Alaadeen during the arrival of CD copies of Alaadeen's album "Blues For R.C. And Josephine, Too" at the Mint Recording Studio in Kansas City, Missouri., 1995, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: R.C. Robinson signing CDs; Ahmad Alaadeen and R.C. Robinson, wearing a flat cap and a Miles Davis t-shirt under his suit jacket, inscribing CD copies of Alaadeen's album "Blues For R.C. And Josephine, Too" at the Mint Recording Studio in Kansas City, Missouri., 1995, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Ramonda Doakes fills in Ahmad Alaadeen; Ramonda Doakes fills in Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, as they stand on stage near a PA speaker outside Mutual Musicians Foundation during a photo-op of Kansas City blues and jazz musicians., September 18, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Reggie Thomas, Danny Campbell and Ahmad Alaadeen onstage; Reggie Thomas's back is to the photographer as wears a ball cap and plays the piano while looking at Ahmad Alaadeen. Ahmad, wearing a kufi cap, lifts his right foot as he stands and plays a tenor saxophone. Danny Campbell (trumpet), wearing a ball cap, stands behind Ahmad during a performance or rehearsal at an unidentified venue. Another man is visible between the curtains backstage., No date; likely 2005, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Reggie Thomas, Gary Sykes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Danny Campbell; An unidentified man stands with Reggie Thomas, Gary Sykes, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Danny Campbell, holding a trumpet, stand by draped tables at an unidentified venue and event., No date; likely 2000s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies

: Ricky Anderson and Ahmad Alaadeen; Ricky Anderson and Ahmad Alaadeen standing outside Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri., 2003, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Robert Rashad and Ahmad Alaadeen hang out at The Blue Room; Robert Rashad, wearing a flat cap, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a Dashiki-style shirt, (standing) with an unidentified group of people seated at a table at The Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The museum exhibits and the audience are visible behind the group. The liquor bottles behind the bar are marked over., No date; likely 2005, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Robert Rashad and Ahmad Alaadeen with a group of people; Ahmad Alaadeen (far left), wearing a tuxedo and holding music, and Robert Rashad (far right), also holding a pile of papers, with an unidentified, nicely dressed group at an unidentified venue and event., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists and emcee during the 21-sax salute at Charlie Parker's gravesite; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, and others during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., August 24, 2008, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute; Unidentified (mostly out of frame), unidentified (with news camera), unidentified, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, unidentified (mostly obscured), John Henry Hoard, unidentified, unidentified (mostly out of frame) during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, unidentified, unidentified, Arthur Jackson, unidentified (squatting), Gerald Dunn, John Henry Hoard, Ronald McFadden, unidentified during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists play as a crowd watches at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute; Unidentified (with news camera), unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Sonny Kenner, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, Blanche Williams (mostly obscured), Eddie Baker (mostly obscured), unidentified, John Henry Hoard, unidentified during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists play as a crowd watches at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute; Unidentified (in background, mostly obscured), unidentified, unidentified, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, Blanche Williams, Eddie Baker, unidentified during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Saxophonists play at Charlie Parker's gravesite during the 21-sax salute; An unidentified saxophonist, Sonny Kenner, unidentified saxophonist wearing an orange shirt, Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white ball cap, unidentified saxophonist, John Henry Hoard, unidentified saxophonist, unidentified saxophonist (mostly obscured), and unidentified saxophonist (back to camera) during the "21-Sax Salute" at Charlie Parker's gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Sean Conly and Ahmad Alaadeen performing; Sean Conly (bass) and Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone); performing at an unidentified event., No date; possibly 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Sean Conly, Ahmad Alaadeen, Tim Davis, and possibly Danny Campbell, performing; Sean Conly (bass), Tim Davis (drums, mostly obscured), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), and possibly Danny Campbell (trumpet) performing at an unidentified event., No date; possibly 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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