Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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Ahmad Alaadeen playing tenor saxophone while standing on an outdoor stage
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, playing tenor 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 playing tenor saxophone while standing on an outdoor stage
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, playing tenor 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 plays Jenga with a family
Ahmad Alaadeen (far right), wearing a kufi cap and a Boston Jazz Society t-shier that states "Jazz is Alive" with a string bass in the center, sits with an unidentified man and two kids playing a game of Jenga at an unidentified residence., No date; likely 2000s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays a soprano saxophone during "We Haz Jazz" at Briarwood Elementary School
Ahmad Alaadeen sits facing the seated students and plays a soprano saxophone while performing with a group of third-graders during their 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 plays a tenor saxophone during a performance
Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen performing by playing a tenor saxophone with an unidentified school jazz band who are not in the photograph., 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays a tenor saxophone during a performance
Close-up of Ahmad Alaadeen performing by playing a tenor saxophone with an unidentified school jazz band who are not in the photograph., 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays for a closeup photograph during the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit at the Gem Theater
A closeup of Ahmad Alaadeen performing at the Coda Jazz Fund Benefit Concert at the Gem Theater in Kansas City, Missouri., May 15, 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays for the kids
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a straw fedora, lifts a soprano saxophone as he sits and blows into it for two kids standing in front of him behind a set of stands offstage at an unidentified outdoor festival., No date; likely 2000s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays his saxophone for preschoolers and kindergartners
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in a classroom playing saxophone to a group of pre-school or kindergarten students., No date; likely 2001-2010, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays saxophone in front of stained glass windows
Ahmad Alaadeen playing sax from behind a podium in front of stained-glass windows and pews at an unidentified church and event., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays soprano saxophone with a bass player
An unidentified bass player and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) warm up at an unidentified venue., Likely February 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays tenor saxophone for Olathe North High School music students
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, plays a tenor saxophone in front of the class while working with a group of students during a jazz clinic at Olathe North High School in Olathe, Kansas., February 12, 1998, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays with Kerens High School band
[From attached caption:] "Alaadeen conducts band clinic with Kerens High School Band. Kerens Band Director is most appreciative and writes letter to Editor of the newspaper." [Corsicana, Texas] Alaadeen wears a kufi cap., February 29, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Image attached to 8.5x4.5 paper with typed caption
Ahmad Alaadeen plays with Olathe North High School saxophone students as Charles Menghini directs
Ahmad Alaadeen (second from left), wearing a cap, and band director Charlie Menghini (far right) working with Olathe North jazz band students Dennis Winslett (left), Natasha Belshe (right) both on tenor saxophone, and Kyle Gonterwitz (baritone saxophone), during a teaching residency at Olathe North High and Oregon Trail Junior High schools in Olathe, Kansas., February 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays with a combo in Chillicothe, Missouri
Tim Perryman (trombone) with his back to the photographer, Ahmad Alaadeen playing the tenor saxophone, Everette Freeman (piano), an unidentified bass player, and an unidentified drummer form a circle while rehearsing at Chillicothe High School Auditorium in Chillicothe, Missouri for an evening concert at Chillicothe Country Club., December 3, 1992, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays with a group of students
Ahmad Alaadeen stands beside a student's stand to read the student's music while he plays a soprano saxophone with a student drummer and a student bass player backing Ahmad while working with a group of music students at an unidentified venue., No date; likely 2000-2010, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen plays with the Dawson High School Band
[From attached caption:] "Alaadeen conducts band clinic with Dawson High School Band. Band director Kristie Nicholson states that this activity was the highlight of their school year." [Corsicana, Texas], March 1, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Image attached to 8.5x4.5 paper with typed caption
Ahmad Alaadeen practices tenor saxophone
Ahmad Alaadeen sits while practicing on his tenor saxophone., October 22, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen practices tenor saxophone
Ahmad Alaadeen sits in front of a cassette deck on the wall while practicing on his tenor saxophone., October 22, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen prepares a soprano sax for a recording
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, sets a reed in a soprano saxophone during the recording of the track "The Jannah Now" during a recording session for "New Africa Suite" at Airborne Audio Studio in Overland Park, Kansas., 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen prepares to perform
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi hat, prepares for a performance at unidentified venue possibly in the 18th and Vine District in Kansas City, Missouri., August 21, 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen promoting tourism in Missouri
Ahmad Alaadeen, from his right side wearing a white fedora and sunglasses, stands on a stage with a Kansas City skyline backdrop, and blows into a saxophone for a publicity shot for "Wake Up To Missouri" tourism ad campaign., No date; likely late 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen promotional photograph
Ahmad Alaadeen, from the waist up, with smiling eyes, blows into a saxophone. Ahmad Alaadeen is printed across the bottom of the photograph., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., 2 copies
Ahmad Alaadeen pushes CD sales while his band looks on
Matt Kane (drums), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white kufi hat, pointing to where the audience can buy the CD in his hand, an unidentified sax player, (in doorway), and Tim Perryman (trombone) during a performance at Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri., No date; likely 1997, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen reads a book during story time
Ahmad Alaadeen holds a tenor saxophone under his left arm while he holds a book opened to the children while reading a book to a group of pre-school or kindergarten students in an unidentified classroom., No date; likely 2001-2010, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen reads a chart with students at Paseo Academy
Ahmad Alaadeen plays through a chart while working with a group of jazz ensemble students 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 ready to play
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a tuxedo, stands at a microphone holding a tenor saxophone while performing at an unidentified venue., August 28, 2004, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Ahmad Alaadeen receives a welcome to the mosque
Ahmad Alaadeen (right) shaking hands with an unidentified man while a boy stands in front of them. All smile at the photographer as they stand outside the open carved door an unidentified mosque likely in Skopje, Macedonia. None are wearing shoes., July 1993, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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