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Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured), an unidentified fiddler, and...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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An unidentified guitarist, Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured)...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Fiddler Williams, and George Benson visiting Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, George Benson stand in front of a wall of photographs of members and performers at...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

All play except Marcus Belgrave

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Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, turns his head and smiles at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as Claude plays his fiddle in the center of the stage. Claude's head...

Date Published
April-10-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

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The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground...

Date Published
September-15-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band performing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday party

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on one side of the stage with his back to the camera, playing his fiddle, while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band performing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday party

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The white male keyboardist laughs as he looks down at the keyboard he is seated behind. The white male double bass player next to him smiles and...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band playing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams birthday party

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on one side of the stage with his back to the camera while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band warms up

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In Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, faces away from the...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Big Bill Bissonnette sits in the green room

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Big Bill Bissonnette smiles at the camera as he sits beside an unidentified colleague in the green room. Both wear vests. The man on the right wears a...

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Big Bill Bissonnette takes the solo

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Big Bill Bissonnette closes his eyes as he takes the trombone solo on stage on the farthest right of the photograph as the other band members check...

Date Published
April-10-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blanche Williams' husband, Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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In a double photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams' promotional photograph on the left of him holding up his fiddle with the body on a table he is...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bob Bowman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Rod Fleeman enjoying performing

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Bob Bowman, electric double bass, and Rod Fleeman, guitar, grin across the stage at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as they perform on either side of Claude...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bob Bowman, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Rod Fleeman enjoying performing

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Bob Bowman, electric double bass, grins across the stage at Rod Fleeman, guitar, whose right side is to the camera as he bends halfway over toward...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts laugh

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, sits up straight and turns his head toward center stage as he laughs. His body is obscured by a monitor sitting on the...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and smiles as he stands center stage playing his fiddle at the White House in Washington, D.C. on the...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli crosses his legs bends slightly as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He looks down at the fret board. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, looks up at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He is partially obscured by a monitor on the...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and looks down at his guitar and performs with...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits, smiles toward Claude, and performs with Claude...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli crosses his legs as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He looks to his left at the other two on the stage play. Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Bucky Pizzarelli, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, and Keter Betts perform at the White House

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Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Charlie Gabriel and Claude "Fiddler" Williams smile off to the left

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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...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (202)
  • Betty Crow Collection (32)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (10)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (246)

Genres

  • Group portraits (154)
  • Portrait photographs (73)
  • Snapshots (43)
  • Photocopies (7)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • (-) Color photographs (246)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (36)
  • 2001-2010 (5)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (235)
  • Jazz musicians (235)
  • African American men (196)
  • Men, White (121)
  • Jazz musicians, White (106)
  • Double bassists (100)
  • Guitarists (63)
  • Saxophonists (52)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (42)
  • Trumpet players (36)
  • Keyboard players (25)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (24)
  • Women, White (22)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Music fans (18)
  • Pianists (18)
  • Music audiences (17)
  • African American women (16)
  • Auditoriums (12)
  • Jazz singers (12)
  • Bow ties (10)
  • Violinists (10)
  • Schools (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Birthdays (7)
  • African American high school students (6)
  • British (6)
  • Harmonica players (6)
  • Musicians' spouses (6)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • Banjoists (4)
  • Birthday cakes (4)
  • Mandolinists (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Bowler hats (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Boutonnieres (2)
  • Country musicians (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Pictures (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Art (1)
  • Art museums (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Breakfasts (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Halls of fame (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (246)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (63)
  • 18th and Vine District (14)
  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (11)
  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (7)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (5)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (2)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Muskogee (Okla.) (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • Burns (Tenn.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (232)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (20)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (15)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (14)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (14)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (13)
  • Betts, Keter (13)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (12)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (11)
  • Kessler, Stan (10)
  • Wilder, Joe (10)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (8)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Masso, George (7)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (7)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (6)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (6)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (6)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (6)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • Fleeman, Rod (5)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (5)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (4)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dunn, Gerald (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Moore, Mary (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Tate, Buddy (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (1)
  • Carter, Regina (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Vest, Elsa (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (67)
  • 2000 (55)
  • 1981 (17)
  • 1990 (15)
  • 1998 (14)
  • 1999-06-16 (11)
  • 2001-09-15 (11)
  • 1995 (9)
  • 2003-02-11 (9)
  • 1992-10 (8)
  • 1999 (8)
  • 2001-04-08 (8)
  • 2000-05-16 (7)
  • 2001-04-10 (7)
  • 2003-02-10 (7)
  • 1991-10 (6)
  • 1992-09 (5)
  • 2001-04-12 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 2001-02-19 (4)
  • 2001-04-13 (4)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1999-10-16 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1993-10-01 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1999-04-01 (2)
  • 1999-07-17 (2)
  • 1999-10-13 (2)
  • 2000-11-16 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994-02 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-08-06 (1)
  • 2000-05-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-12-25 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-01-17 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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