Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen plays the alto saxophone outdoors by Charlie Parker's gravesite with a white man playing a tenor saxophone behind and to his right. A crowd of mostly white men and women and one African...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the right side of the photograph beside Alvin Brooks, and laughs as Alvin speaks into a microphone on the occasion of Claude's 92nd birthday. A large mural is on...

Blanche Williams looks to the left side of the photograph as she speaks to someone who out of the photograph. She sits in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. A drum set...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with his wife, Blanche Williams. He smiles at the camera...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the left side of the photograph with...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his fingers of his right hand as he holds his fiddle and...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and fiddle down by his leg with his left hand. Larry...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at something on the table he is sitting at in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends his knees and smiles as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway plays the double bass behind Claude on...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is blurred on the left...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is out of the photograph...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player is out of the photograph on the left side.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on the double bass at the back of the stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands tall as he plays the fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway on the double bass at the back of the stage.

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is in the dark on the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage. His...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams moves his feet and leans into the music as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway plays a double bass on the...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams seems to take a dance step as he plays his fiddle while performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway focuses on his double bass...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams seems to take a dance step as he plays his fiddle while performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway focuses on his double bass...