Three members of a band, likely ZZ Top, are barely visible playing on stage. They all wear cowboy hats. One sings into a microphone as he plays a guitar. The other stands back by the drums and drummer while playing possibly a bass. The drummer is mostly not visible since he's out of the shine of the lights.
Mike Warren (drums) looks to his right and Sonny Kenner (guitar) looks to his left while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri.
Sonny Kenner (guitar), from his left, closes his eyes and Mike Warren (drums) turns his head to his right as they perform during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri.
Three men in a band, likely ZZ Top, are playing on stage. They all wear cowboy hats. Two are holding guitars (possibly one of them is a bass guitarist), and are standing behind microphones. The drummer is visible playing behind the guitarists. Tops and backs of heads are in the foreground of the photograph.
Possibly Don Mumford (drums) closes his eyes and purses his lips and Sonny Kenner (guitar) from his left while performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), a guitarist and a flugelhorn player, all wearing kufi hats, look out from the stage as the guitarist and the drummer play while performing with an unidentified event.
Ahmad Alaadeen talking with guitarist, Butch Berman, in front of conga drums as Tyrone Clark (bass, talking with an unidentified man, possibly Todd Strait) and Donivan Bailey (drums) are in background onstage at the Topeka Performing Arts Center during the Topeka Jazz Festival. A Commerce Band & Trust banner hangs at the base of the stage.
Gary Sykes (drums, mostly obscured), Steve Kirby (bass), Will Matthews (guitar), Reggie Thomas (piano), and Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a beanie, on stage performing at Malden Community Center in Malden, Missouri.
Sonny Kenner, Tayammum Falah, Luqman Hamza, and Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a kufi cap, stand in a banquet room and smile at the photographer. Luqman wears a slouch cap and Ahmad wears a kufi cap.
Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone) grins as he and Sonny Kenner (guitar) share a microphone while singing together, supported by David Daahoud Williams (bass) and Adolph Roulette (drums) in the background.
Don Mumford (drums), Will Matthews (guitar), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white flat cap, Tyrone Clark (bass), and Everette Freeman (piano) performing during the BET/Cognac Hennessy's Best of Kansas City Jazz Competition at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, performing with a band, possibly Eddie Baker's Charlie Parker Academy band, at an outdoor concert in front of a mobile stage.
Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "3 Generations of the Blues"; she's wearing a jacket and cowboy hat and looking over to the right; behind her an unidentified guitarist and drummer are seen along with partial views of other musicians.
Mike Warren (drums) lowers his head over his drums and Sonny Kenner (guitar) grimaces as they are performing during the Tradin' 4s Series: On the Cusp at Mutual Musicians Foundation in the 18th and Vine district, Kansas City, Missouri.
[From attached caption:] "Alaadeen conducts improvisation workshop with Navarro College Jazz Band, Lower Beaton Street Dixieland Band and Bobbie Sparks. Corsicana High School Jazz Band members and interested individuals attend." [Corsicana, Texas]
Gerald Spaits (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a white fedora, Tommy Ruskin (drums), and Will Matthews (guitar); standing on stage performing during the Spirit Festival at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. A large Miller Lite banner hangs behind the band.
David Daahoud Williams (mostly out of frame), Sonny Kenner (eyes closed), State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper (looking over her left shoulder), Ahmad Alaadeen (looking to his right), Adolph Roulette (not smiling), and Mayor Richard Berkley (smiling at the photographer) stand together at an unidentified venue and event..
The Shahid (Luqman Hamza (piano), wearing a kufi hat, Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), also wearing a kufi hat, an unidentified bass player, Sonny Kenner (guitar), and Tayammum Falah (drums)) on a stage performing in a banquet room. Kufi hats are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Tyrone Clark (bass), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), Don Mumford (drums), and Will Matthews (guitar) perform at an outdoor concert on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.
Eddie Baker's New Breed Orchestra; includes Baker (piano), Herman Walder (saxophone, first row, far right), Ahmad Alaadeen (sax, first row, far left), and Will Matthews (guitar), play their instruments in a stark room with New Breed / Kansas City Jazz Orch painted on the back wall.
