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Box AV-8

 Container

Contains 32 Results:

Oregon Trail Jr. High, Olathe North High, and S.W.M.S. University Concert [Ahmad Alaadeen as guest artist], May, 1992

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.22
Scope and Contents

Selections: That's All; Mr. Bojangles; ? [with Alaadeen]; Survival Skills; ?; Overdrive; ‘Round Midnight [with Alaadeen]; ? [with Alaadeen]; Groovin’ Heart; The Groove Merchant (Thad Jones); The Tunnel (Bob Mintzer); Back to Basie [with Alaadeen]; All the Things You Are [combo with Alaadeen]; Cherokee; ? [with Alaadeen]

Dates: May, 1992

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the 1st Annual Capitol Jazz Festival in Jefferson City, MO, September 12, 1992

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.23
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone); Steve Kirby (bass); Tim Perryman (trombone); Everett Freeman (keys); Tim Davis (drums) Selections: Perfect 10; The Pachyderm; Peace in the Hood; Blues for RC

Dates: September 12, 1992

"Jazz in the Afternoon" at the Charlie Parker Foundation and presented by the Sister Clara Muhammad School [Fundraiser], July 11, 1992 - September 27, 1992

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.24
Scope and Contents

09/27/92: Carmell Jones and Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings) [additional artists with a few unannounced selections]; amateur fashion show and rapping; 07/11/92: Ahmad Alaadeen and Luqman Hamza (Larry Cummings) [and additional artists; audio in recording is slightly degraded]; Selections: Now is the Time (Parker); Song for My Father (Horace Silver); So Will I (Horace Silver); Caravan; Lament [Alaadeen solo]; The Greatest Love of All; Ahmad and His Horn; We Can Remake the World

Dates: July 11, 1992 - September 27, 1992

Alaadeen Workshop in Cape Girardeau, January 18, 1993

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.25
Scope and Contents

Alaadeen delivers a workshop for the Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO

Dates: January 18, 1993

Alaadeen Workshop in Cape Girardeau, January 18, 1993

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.26
Scope and Contents

[short excerpt of the previous entry where Ahmad Alaadeen does a call and response solo with a student also playing tenor saxophone]

Dates: January 18, 1993

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing Mermaid Court on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO, September 10, 1994

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.27
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone); Donivan Bailey (drums); Everett Freeman (piano); Justin York (bass); Selections: Blues for RC [two different takes at different angles]

Dates: September 10, 1994

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the BET Showcase Competition, September 30, 1994

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.28
Scope and Contents

BET show “Jazz Central” with Angela Stribling and Ramsey Lewis about up-and-coming jazz artists Artists: Colby & Caruso; Boney James; Norman Brown; Rhonda Ross; Diana Krall; Rodney Kendrick Judges Willard Jenkins, Shirletta Colon, and Herbie Mann comment on video submissions by the Jeff Barash Trio, Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing, and Nes lord.

Dates: September 30, 1994

Mid-America Arts Alliance Jazz Event; Arts in Action – Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the Navarro Council of the Arts, Corsicana, Texas, February, 1996

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.29
Scope and Contents

Host Marty Summerall interviews Ahmad Alaadeen, Bobby Sparks, and Lois Jean Heart before Alaadeen performs. Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone); Donivan Bailey (drums); Tyrone Clark (bass); ? (piano); ? (trumpet); Selections: Lament (J.J. Johnson); Big Six (Alaadeen); Alaadeen then plays with local students during a workshop.

Dates: February, 1996

Alaadeen (Jazz sax / composer) on KC Today [KSHB-TV 41], June 12, 1998

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.30
Scope and Contents

Ahmad Alaadeen on Kansas City Today playing “The Jannah Now” as a soloist and promoting “Time Through the Ages” and the upcoming performance at the KC International Jazz Festival [no sound]

Dates: June 12, 1998

"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...
Dates: 1998

BET on Jazz Special Presentation: “Goin’ to Kansas City”; 18th& Vine Gala, June 7, 1999

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.32
Scope and Contents

Hosts Harry Belafonte & Danny Glover are introduced by Mayor Emanuel Cleaver, II; Program: George Duke and his Orchestra – “Eighty One”; Patti Austin – “Ellington Medley”; Patti Austin & James Ingram – “How Do You Keep the Music Playing”; James Ingram - “My Funny Valentine”; Pat Matheny – “Pat’s Blues”; Ahmad Alaadeen – “21st Century Rag”; Oleta Adams – “Watch What Happens”; Bobby Watson – “For Children of All Ages”; Manhattan Transfer – “Study in Brown”; Ray Charles – “Route 66”

Dates: June 7, 1999

Ronnell Bright Orchestra at White Recital Hall at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, February 4, 1988

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.1
Scope and Contents

11th Annual "Festival of Music of and About Black People" Final Concert: Selections depicting a young jazz musician discovering New York for the first time

Dates: February 4, 1988

"Dimensions in Black" [Television Interview and Performance], December 18, 1988

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.2
Scope and Contents

KMBC TV-9 Community Affairs Director Olivia Dorsey interviewing poet Lloyd Daniel and Ahmad Alaadeen about "Jazz and Poetry together at the Mutual Musicians Foundation"; Alaadeen (soprano sax.) and Daahoud (bass) provide music to Lloyd reciting poetry

Dates: December 18, 1988

Copy of VHS.2, December 18, 1988

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Consists of audio recordings of interviews, live performances, and studio recordings of Ahmad Alaadeen, as well as, videos of live performances of Alaadeen.

Dates: December 18, 1988

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the Milburn Country Club, Plaza, and Mutual Musicians Found., Kansas City, MO, 1989

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.4
Scope and Contents

[Ahmad Alaadeen with various artists (including Luqman Hamza) playing unannounced selections due to cuts between and during songs]

Dates: 1989

Pub Crawl; Recorded at the Mutual Musicians Foundation (MMF), May 9, 1989

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.6
Scope and Contents

Artists: Dwight Jenkins (drums); Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Sonny Kenner (guitar); Will Matthews (guitar); Lavern "Big L" Barker (bass)

Dates: May 9, 1989

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the Milburn Country Club and the Plaza, Kansas City, MO, June 8, 1989 - July 2, 1989

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.7
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones), Luqman Hamza (piano), Lavern "Big L" Barker (bass); Sonny Kenner (guitar); Jameel Halim (drums)

Dates: June 8, 1989 - July 2, 1989

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at Neptune and Mermaid Court on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO, August 3, 1989 - August 15, 1991

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.8
Scope and Contents

[Unannounced selections due to cuts between and during songs]

Dates: August 3, 1989 - August 15, 1991

"Harmony in a World of Difference" [Television Documentary], February 24, 1990

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.9
Scope and Contents

KMBC TV-9 Documentary on Kansas City Jazz with brief interviews with Ahmad Alaadeen and other local jazz musicians and historians

Dates: February 24, 1990

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at Penguin Court on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO [Audio on CAS.31/CAS.34], April 21, 1990

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.10
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Larry Cummings aka Luqman Hamza (piano; vocals); Clarence “Sonny” Kenner (guitar; vocals); Tyrone Clark (bass); Jameel Aleem (drums); Selections: Blues in C; Caravan (Ellington); All Blues (Miles Davis), I Thought About You, Sunny Side of the Street, Destiny (Kenner), Route 66, Who Can I Turn Too?; Kansas City Lovin'; Summertime; Jumpin' the Blues (McShann); Secret Love; Song for My Father (Horace Silver); Malaguena; Now’s the Time (Charlie Parker)

Dates: April 21, 1990

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at Mermaid Court on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO [Audio on CAS.39/CAS.40], May 31, 1990

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.11
Scope and Contents Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Larry Cummings aka Luqman Hamza (piano; vocals); Tyrone Clark (bass); Jameel Aleem (drums); Jason Godeau (trombone); Selections: Moten’s Swing; Blues in B-flat; I Thought About You; trombone feature; A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie); Billie's Bounce (Charlie Parker); Jumpin’ the Blues (Jay McShann); Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn); Young and Foolish; Summertime; Satin Doll (Duke Ellington); Sophisticated Lady; Red Top (Ben Kynard); Lament (J. J. Johnson); Big...
Dates: May 31, 1990

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing play at Youvah's Dinner Theatre in West Plains, MO [Audio on OR.10], September 22, 1990

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.12
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones) ; Larry Cummings aka Luqman Hamza (piano; vocals); Tyrone Clark (bass); Willie Matthews (guitar); Don Mumford (drums); Selections: Drive Thru (Tyrone Clark); Big Six (Alaadeen); Summertime (Gershwin); Greatest Love of All; Pick Yourself Up; As Time Goes By; Route 66; Caravan; In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck); Secret Love; The Impossible Dream; Lush Life; Song for My Father; S.S.P. [Shalom, Salaam, Peace]; C Jam Blues [feat. local music students]

Dates: September 22, 1990

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, MO; Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing at Mermaid Court on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO, June 19, 1991

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.13
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Larry Cummings aka Luqman Hamza (piano; vocals); TayammumFalah (drums); ? (bass) [Unannounced selections due to cuts between and during songs] Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Tyrone Clark (bass); Willie Matthews (guitar); Don Mumford (drums); Everett Freeman (piano) [Unannounced selections due to cuts between and during songs]

Dates: June 19, 1991

Alaadeen and the Deans of Swing; KCPT Video [Master Tape], September, 1991

 Item — Box: AV-8, Object: VHS.14
Scope and Contents

Artists: Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophones); Willie Matthews (guitar); Tyrone Clark (bass); Don Mumford (drums); Everett Freeman (piano) Plum Nellie the Blues (Willie Matthews) [two takes]; F.Q.O.S.(Alaadeen) [one take]

Dates: September, 1991