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Alison Krauss and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Alison Krauss smiles as she stands next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams at Carnegie Hall. Claude points at the camera as he smiles. He wears a tuxedo.

Date Published
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Alvin Brooks helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 92nd birthday

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Alvin Brooks, eyes closed, speaks into a microphone as he stands with his arm around the shoulder of Claude "Fiddler" Williams at Fiddler's 92nd...

Date Published
February-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Alvin Brooks helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 92nd birthday

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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...

Date Published
February-21-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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

Bobby Watson and Claude "Fiddler Williams at Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday

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Bobby Watson, with pony tail and holding an alto saxophone, smiles to his left at Claude" Fiddler" Williams who is playing the fiddle with his eyes...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 93rd birthday

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Bobby Watson holds an alto saxophone and smiles to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams closing his eyes and playing the fiddle at the Blue Room...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing in front of a wooden barn. Williams is wearing a dark jacket and looking forward.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams standing against a wall with floral wallpaper, holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Williams is...

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams wearing suit.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams holding double-neck guitar.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Buddy Tate head into the Monterey Jazz Festival

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Buddy Tate sits next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams at a restaurant table and grin at the camera.

Date Published
February-22-1991
February-22-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Blue Room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the photographer as he plays a fiddle into a microphone from 710 Talk Radio at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine. A...

Date Published
August-05-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Gem Theater

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands, smiles, and pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a checked suit, looks down as he plays a fiddle during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-16-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles 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

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Only the peg box, neck, and upper bout of his fiddle are visible in the lower...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and grimaces as he pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, publicity photograph. A...

Date Published
1991
2000
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 in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams from his right side, smiles as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle. He wears a tuxedo and bow tie. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams leans as he plays his amplified fiddle

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly to the right as he plays his fiddle with an amplification cord from the fiddle to the power source on the...

Date Published
1996
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 at West End Gate

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and grimaces as the plays his fiddle on the stage of the West End Gate bar in New York, N.Y. An unidentified...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler Jonathan Blake and others

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An unidentified white male pianist, farthest left in the photograph, sits diagonally on the piano bench, turns his body toward the keys, and closes...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (23)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (12)
  • Allan Bell Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Mclean Family Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (46)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (47)
  • Portrait photographs (24)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (47)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (40)
  • Jazz musicians (40)
  • African American men (38)
  • Fiddlers (33)
  • Violinists (19)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • African American musicians (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Blues festivals (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Jazz festivals (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Musicians' spouses (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Newspapers (2)
  • Award presentations (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Dance orchestras (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violin (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (15)
  • 18th and Vine District (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (4)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (3)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (2)
  • Dennis, Fats (2)
  • Gunther, Paul (2)
  • Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (2)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (2)
  • Bee, Clarence (1)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nasser, Jamil (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (47)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (12)
  • 1980 (10)
  • 1961 (6)
  • 1965 (4)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 2000-02-21 (3)
  • 2001-02-19 (3)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1991-02-22 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 2000-02-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)

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