Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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: Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson perform on stage during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival; Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Al Pearson (trumpet), and an unidentified bass player standing on stage outdoors performing at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. Two Kansas City Blues Society banners hang on the front of the stage., July 25-26, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Al Pearson share a laugh as Jay McShann takes the stage; Sonny Kenner (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, and Al Pearson (trumpet) share a laugh onstage at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival as an unidentified man and Jay McShann (piano) enter the stage in the background., July 25-26, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Jimmy Witherspoon prepare to perform; Sonny Kenner (guitar), laughing, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), and Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals) prepare to perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation's 90th Birthday Jam in Kansas City, Missouri., August 27, 1994, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza during the Kansas City Jazz Heritage Award reception; Sonny Kenner, Ahmad Alaadeen, and Luqman Hamza stand together and smile for the photographer during the Jazz Heritage Awards reception at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The crowd is visible behind them., August 23, 1991, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Steve Kirby and Ahmad Alaadeen performing at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, MO; Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) and Steve Kirby (bass) performing during a four-night residence with the Steve Kirby Trio at Just Jazz in the Hotel Majestic in St. Louis, Missouri., March 24-27, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, and Ahmad Alaadeen enjoy Ahmad's award; Kansas City Star columnist Steve Penn, Marilyn Maye, Bobby Watson, share a laugh as Ahmad Alaadeen shows his award to the photographer backstage during the Coda Jazz Fund Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., May 20, 2006, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium; (Front row) Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Logan Richardson (alto saxophone), unidentified (soprano saxophone); (second row) John Henry Hoard (soprano saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto sax, instrument obscured), unidentified (alto saxophone), Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (baritone saxophone), and others in a street procession to 17th Terrace and The Paseo for the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives") during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium; John Henry Hoard (soprano saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Sonny Kenner (behind clergyman in red), and others in a street procession to 17th Terrace and The Paseo for the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives") during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, Logan Richardson (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (baritone saxophone), unidentified (soprano saxophone), and others in the street procession to 17th Terrace and The Paseo for the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives") during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Kerry Strayer (baritone saxophone), Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Logan Richardson (alto saxophone), and others in a street procession to 17th Terrace and The Paseo for the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives") during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Street procession during the Charlie Parker Symposium; Bobby Watson (alto saxophone), Horace Washington (in background, baritone saxophone), Ben Kynard (tenor saxophone), Eddie Saunders (alto saxophone), Ahmad Alaadeen (soprano saxophone), wearing a fedora, in a street procession to 17th Terrace and The Paseo for the dedication of the Charlie Parker Memorial ("Bird Lives") during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Student jazz saxophonist listens to Ahmad Alaadeen instruct at Paseo Academy; Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tam, and an unidentified jazz ensemble saxophone student during a class of Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri., February 14, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Student takes the alto sax solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri; From the band's right, a student takes the alto saxophone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing concert following a clinic at the school in the Moberly Municipal Auditorium in Moberly, Missouri., April 9, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Student takes the alto sax solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri; A student takes the alto saxophone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing concert following a clinic at the school in the Moberly Municipal Auditorium in Moberly, Missouri., April 9, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Student takes the trombone solo during a jazz concert in Moberly, Missouri; From the band's right, a student takes the trombone solo while Ahmad Alaadeen stands on the stage with the Moberly High School jazz ensemble students in the finale, "Duke's Place" during the Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing concert following a clinic at the school in the Moberly Municipal Auditorium in Moberly, Missouri., April 9, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Students, teacher, and Ahmad Alaadeen gather before a Kansas City Middle School of the Arts concert; Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, in background) stands in the background while band members talk with their teacher 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.

: Susan Krause and Ahmad Alaadeen stand with a friend for a photograph in Skopje; Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia), Ahmad Alaadeen, and an unidentified man stand and smile for a photograph in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia., July 13, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Susan Krause makes remarks for Will Matthews and Ahmad Alaadeen with Gotze; Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia) making remarks to the gathering of people, with Ahmad Alaadeen (left of Susan), Will Matthews (left of Alaadeen), and "Gotze" (Krause's cashier/assistant, left of Matthews) in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia., July 13, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Susan Krause shows off an Ahmad Alaadeen poster in Skopje; Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia) holding an oversized image of Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a white fedora, performing in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia. There is a glare over the face of Tyrone Clark playing bass in the background of the poster., July 13, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies; copy 2: 3.5x5

: Susan Krause with Ahmad Alaadeen, Will Matthews, and Tyrone Clark in Skopje, Macedonia; Susan Krause (American Center Director/U.S. Consul in Macedonia) with Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Will Matthews (guitar), and Tyrone Clark (bass) shortly after performing in the banquet room in the Grand Hotel Skopje in Skopje, Macedonia., July 13, 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies

: T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen; T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a cowboy hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen at an unidentified venue., March 10, 1998, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"); T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim and Ahmad Alaadeen at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"); T. Sharif Abdul-Hakim, wearing a kufi hat, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a fedora, at the Charlie Parker Memorial dedication ("Bird Lives"), 17th Terrace and The Paseo during the Charlie Parker Symposium at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri., March 27, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies; copy 2: 5x3.5

: T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen; T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri., January 17, 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen; T.S. Monk, perspiring heavily, stands with his arm around Ahmad Alaadeen's, wearing a kufi cap, should backstage at the Gem Theater after the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri., January 17, 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: T.S. Monk and Ahmad Alaadeen in conversation; T.S. Monk stands sideways to the photographer as he speaks with Ahmad Alaadeen who is wearing a kufi cap, backstage at the Gem Theater during the "T.S. Monk: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series in Kansas City, Missouri., January 17, 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Take a look at the chart of Big Six; A photograph of an instrument chart for "Big Six" from over the back shoulder of an unidentified student drummer probably during a rehearsal for a jazz concert featuring Olathe North High, Oregon Trail Junior High, and Santa Fe Trail Junior High jazz bands, Olathe, Kansas., February 2002, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Tayammum Falah and Ahmad Alaadeen; Tayammum Falah and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand, hands to their sides, and look seriously forward. Ahmad wears a kufi cap., No date; likely early 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s

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