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"Wake Up to Missouri" commercial – 30 sec.; Hennessey Performance; Blues, 1998

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.31

Scope and Contents

Ahmad Alaadeen represents Kansas City Jazz in a commercial promoting Missouri music for tourism; Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing perform at a BET/Hennessy sponsored concert; Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Willie Matthews (guitar); Everett Freeman (piano); ? (bass); Don Mumford (drums); Selections: Plum Nellie the Blues (Matthews); Big Six (Alaadeen); Peace in the ‘Hood (Alaadeen); Caravan drum feature (Ellington); Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Sonny Kenner (guitar); Lavern “Big L” Barker (bass); D. Cox (drums); Selections: Down Home Blues; additional unannounced selections

Dates

  • 1998

Creator

Extent

1 VHS Tapes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Transferred/Digitized

Repository Details

Part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Special Collections and Archives Repository