Betty Crow Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks sitting left to right at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. All three are smiling and looking forward. Claude...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is standing on the left, wearing a blue suit. David is...

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting in a chair facing away from the camera while...

Claude Williams performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing the fiddle. George Spaits is playing bass partially off camera on the left. They...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket and pants and is turning to the side...

James Albright and Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Albright is sitting on a stool and playing bass. Williams is leaning forward while...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Richard Ross playing drums while looking down, Gerald Spaits playing bass, Claude Williams closing...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald Spaits looking to the side while playing bass, Russ Long playing piano in the back, and...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Mary Moore closing her eyes and looking up while singing into a microphone in her hand, Gerald...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald Spaits playing bass, Mary Moore turning away from the camera while singing into a microphone...

Jazz musicians performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Gerald Spaits playing bass, Claude Williams playing fiddle, and Mary Moore closing her eyes while...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: James Albright playing bass, Julie Turner looking forward while singing into a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: James Albright playing bass, Julie Turner looking forward while singing into a...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Julie Turner turned to the right and smiling, James Albright in back playing bass, and...

Jazz musicians at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Tommy Ruskin standing near the drums, James Albright in back holding a bass, and Claude "Fiddler"...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right James Albright playing bass in back, Julie Turner holding a microphone while singing...

Jazz musicians performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: James Albright playing bass, Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing violin, and Mike Ning...

Jazz musicians performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: an unidentified man wearing a plaid shirt, Ben Kynard holding a saxophone...