Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Charlie Gabriel and Claude "Fiddler" Williams stand together smiling off to the left side of the photograph in an auditorium in a school. Bill's saxophone hangs from his neck by the strap and Claude...

Charlie Gabriel holds his saxophone with his right hand as he grabs the right hand of Claude "Fiddler" Williams with his left hand. Charlie turns his head to smile at the camera as Claude looks...

In a blurred photograph, Charlie Gabriel and Claude "Fiddler" Williams lean towards each other and smile as they stand together in an auditorium of a school. The jazz guitarist, Spencer Barefield, has...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is playing his fiddle on the farthest right-hand side of the photograph. Spencer Barefield, jazz guitarist, Marcus Belgrave, trumpet player, Dan Pliskow, double bassist...

Left to right: Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone, from his right side; Jerome "Scrooge" Harris, drums, looking down and wearing a hat; Charlie Gabriel, saxophone, eyes closed in the foreground playing...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in the center of a school auditorium stage performing on his fiddle. Marcus Belgrave walks toward Claude with a microphone held shoulder high with his left hand. An...

A drum set on the left side of the photograph is too dark to see the drummer; likely Jerome Harris. Dan Pliskow, double bass player, looks left toward the guitarist as he plays. Claude "Fiddler"...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, on the right side of the photograph stands sideways to the audience to look back at Dan Pliskow, double bassist, and the guitarist, Spencer Barefield, as Claude plays his...

The double bass player, Dan Pliskow's, back is to the camera as he speaks with Spencer Barefield, the jazz guitarist. Claude "Fiddler" Williams listens with his hands in his pockets and his fedora hat...

Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, points at the audience that is not in the photograph and speaks or sings into a microphone he holds with his other hand. Meanwhile, Dan Pliskow, the double bass player...

A photographer stands and bends over a camera from the stage up behind the jazz band on the auditorium floor of a school. Dan Pliskow, double bass player, smiles as he sits on a tall stool holding the...

A man wearing a sweater and ball cap, has his back to the camera as he stands on the auditorium floor in front of the stage possibly setting up a sound check. Dan Pliskow, the double bass player, is...

Students stand and applaud in an auditorium of a school. A basketball goal and a time clock are attached to a wall of windows beside them. The date, "4 8 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom...

Students in the auditorium of a school, applaud a performance. Some students stand while others remain seated. A balcony in the back of the auditorium has students holding up a banner that is only...

Some students still stand and applaud as others stand to leave the auditorium of a school. A girl in the foreground grimaces at the camera. The date, "4 8 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the...

Students make gestures of happiness; some toward the camera; some toward the stage that is not visible in the photograph; as they sit in a school auditorium. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the...

Students make gestures of happiness; some toward the camera; some toward the stage that is not visible in the photograph; as they sit in a school auditorium. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the...

An auditorium full of students listen intensely to likely Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a band. A teacher sits on the side. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand...

An auditorium full of students listen intensely to likely Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a band. A teacher stands in the back. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand...