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Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist take the solo

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The other players in an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist, Bill Wurtzel, take the solo. Jane Jarvis, is seated at the piano on the farthest left side of the photograph. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is looking away from the camera and holding his fiddle and bow to watch Bill play. Joe Wilder sits holding his flugelhorn to Claude's left. Bill Wurtzel is seated next to Joe while playing the guitar. Earl May is seated and holding his double bass. A microphone obscures his face. Benny Powell is on the farthest right side of the photograph wearing a colorful cap, is turned to watch Bill play guitar. The date, "10 12 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Date Published
1999-10-12
Subjects
Jazz musicians
African American men
Women, White
Men, White
Fiddlers
Pianists
Double bassists
Trombonists
Guitarists
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians, White
Notes

October 12, 1999

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

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 9 x 13 cm
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-003.tif
Genres
Color photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
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 at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
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 at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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