Ahmad Alaadeen
{{short description|American saxophonist}}
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Ahmad Alaadeen (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 2010)[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=63140 Allaboutjazz] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120719021602/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=63140 |date=2012-07-19 }} was an American jazz saxophonist and educator whose career spanned over six decades.{{cite web|title =Ahmad Alaadeen: Biography |first=Scott|last=Yanow |publisher=Allmusic| url ={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=ahmad-alaadeen-p194582/biography |pure_url=yes}} |accessdate =5 September 2011}} A longtime fixture on the Kansas City jazz scene, Aladeen came to wider prominence in the 1990s with a series of self-released albums featuring his swing- and hard bop-oriented compositions that led Allmusic critic Scott Yanow to declare that the saxophonist "deserves to be much better known."{{cite web|title =Time Through the Ages: Review |first=Scott|last=Yanow |publisher=Allmusic| url ={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r328496|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate =5 September 2011}}
Discography
- and the beauty of it all – Alaadeen – 'ASR Records – Kansas City (2007)
- New Africa Suite – Alaadeen – 'ASR Records – Kansas City (2005)
- With This Voice – Luqman Hamza – Alaadeen featured – Groove Note Records – Recorded in Lenexa, KS (2000)
- Louis Neal Big Band – Alaadeen featured – Kansas City, MO (1999)
- Taken By Surprise – Norman Hedman's Tropique – Alaadeen featured – New York, NY (1999)
- It's A Wonderful World – Alaadeen with Jay McShann – Groove Note Records, Los Angeles, CA – Recorded in Lenexa, KS (1999)
- Time Through The Ages – Alaadeen – 'ASR 2001 (1997) – Kansas City, MO
- Alaadeen and The Deans of Swing Plays Blues For RC and Josephine, too – Alaadeen – 'ASR 1001 (1995) – Kansas City, MO
- Live Jazz on the Plaza – Alaadeen – Fandeen Publishing Company (1990) – Kansas City, MO
- Clear Sounds of Kansas City – Sprint (1989) – Kansas City, MO
- Bright Lights – Big City – Alaadeen with the City Lights Jazz Ensemble – Accent Music (1988) – Kansas City, MO
- Tain't What Cha Do, It's The Way How Cha Do IT – Alaadeen with the City Light Orchestra – City Light Records (1986) – Kansas City, MO
- Raised Spirits – Alaadeen with the City Light Orchestra – City Light Records (1984) – Kansas City, MO
- Come Back Baby – Federal 12266 – Linda Hopkins – Kansas City, Feb. 9th 1956 – 78"
- I'm Going To Cry You – Right Out Of My Mind – Federal 12266 – Linda Hopkins – Kansas City, - Feb. 9th 1956 – 78"
- Mama Needs – Your Loving Baby – Federal – 12365 – Linda Hopkins – Kansas City, Feb. 9th 1956 – 78"
- Danny Boy – Federal 12365 – Linda Hopkins – Kansas City, Feb. 9th 1956 – 78"
- Eatin' Watermelon – Alaadeen with Crown Prince Waterford and Jimmy Witherspoon (1950s)
References
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External links
- [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Ahmad+Alaadeen+jazz+saxophone+kansas+city Google: Ahmad Alaadeen]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317192421/http://www.thefoundationjamson.org/site/ Mutual Musicians Foundation – past chair]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031119054242/http://www.americanjazzmuseum.com/?page=showcontent&content_id=7&action=display American Jazz Museum – featured Blue Room Musician]}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040215160426/http://americanhistory.si.edu/paac/aquest/staffparticipants.htm Jazz Journalist Association article]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050506192728/http://www.rftstl.com/issues/2000-07-05/nd2.html Riverfront Times (St. Louis) article]
- {{Cite web |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/paac/aquest/staffparticipants.htm |title=Smithsonian Institution – American Jazz Museum All Stars |access-date=July 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040215160426/http://americanhistory.si.edu/paac/aquest/staffparticipants.htm |archive-date=February 15, 2004 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
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Category:Hard bop saxophonists
Category:DePaul University alumni
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