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Banners used for advertising in Birmingham, England

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A close-up photograph of two banners hanging on the exterior of the Birmingham Strathallan Hotel, 225 Hagley Road in Birmingham, England. The top...

Date Published
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Clark Terry, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Buddy Tate, and others perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival

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Clark Terry, flugelhorn, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, Buddy Tate, saxophone, and others including a drummer and a trombone player, perform at...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he leans and plays his fiddle

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands and bends slightly to the right as he plays his fiddle between a chair and a microphone in front of drapes. His eyes...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot publicity photograph.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams rests his right foot on a low brick wall and leans his left elbow on his bent knee as he smiles into the camera for a...

Date Published
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle. He wears a large-checked suit jacket with wide lapels.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with Frank Smith in a quartet

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Frank Smith, piano, on the left side of the photograph, turns his head to looks seriously at the photographer as he plays a piano he is seated at...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams rehearsing in a hotel room

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A young Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on a hotel bed rehearsing the high notes on his fiddle.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude Williams

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Claude Williams in a suit, leaning against a fence and holding a cigarette in his hand.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jay McShann performing on stage with Claude Williams and Eddie Davis

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Jay McShann (piano), Claude Williams (violin), and Eddie Davis (saxophone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor event; large trees...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann receiving an honorary key

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Jay McShann receiving an honorary key and framed certificate from an unidentified white man in plaid pants; three other unidentified men (two white...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Claude Williams, Gene Ramey, Candy Johnson and an unidentified man

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Group shot (top row L-R) Claude Williams, Jay McShann, and Gene Ramey and Candy Johnson (front row back) with unidentified white man.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann, Claude Williams, Paul Gunther, and unidentified man

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Jay McShann, Claude Williams, Paul Gunther, and an unidentified white man all posing together for a photo; all facing the camera and smiling; unknown...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Series of three photographs of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams blowing up modeling balloons

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In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • 1980
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (10)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (15)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Publicity photographs (4)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (4)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (15)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (13)
  • Fiddlers (10)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Violinists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Birmingham (England) (2)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Gunther, Paul (1)
  • Johnson, Floyd, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (15)

Date Published

  • 1971 (13)
  • (-) 1980 (15)

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