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Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented a cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, stands and smiles holding his fiddle as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday cake celebrating his 95th birthday. An unidentified African American man grins as he peeks just above the woman to see the cake. The white male keyboard player's head is obscured by a music stand as he sits at a keyboard. An unidentified white woman at the front center of the stage faces away from Claude. Three different saxophones sit on the stage in saxophone holders. Todd Bolton stands off stage holding a microphone at chest level and also turned to listen to Claude. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
Publisher
Jack Vartoogian\, New York
Date Published
February-11-2003
Subjects
Jazz musicians
African American men
Men, White
Women, White
Fiddlers
Birthdays
Birthday parties
Birthday cakes
African American jazz musicians
Subjects, People
Williams, Claude, 1908-2004
Genres
Color photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Notes

February 11, 2003

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Source File
umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-078.tif
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 10 x 15 cm
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
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All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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