Ahmad Alaadeen (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 2010) was a jazz saxophonist and educator whose career spanned over six decades.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.

Aladeen was a master artist in the Missouri Folk Arts Program's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1991, 1992, 2007, and 2008.