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"Stuff" Smith

Image

Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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

Image

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

Andra Faye at the Grand Emporium

Image

Andra Faye of the Saffire the Uppity Blues Women band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the strings of the...

Date Published
April-15-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Benno Rabinof and Paul Creston looking over a score

Image

Autographed photo of Benno Rabinof and Paul Creston looking over a score.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Benny Meroff

Image

Headshot of Benny Meroff turning forward and looking to the side while smiling. Meroff is wearing a light colored suit and dark tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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

Image

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

Image

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

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

Image

Joe Turner singing on stage with Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith on violin and Jimmy Woode on bass in Paris, France.

Date Published
1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Records microphone

Image

Close-up photograph of a Capitol Records microphone showing the label name. An unidentified white male violinist is standing behind the microphone...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn

Image

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn talking and looking at music on a stand at the Hartt School, Hartford, Connecticut.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Clarence Gatemouth Brown, wearing a cowboy hat and embroidered shirt, smiles to his left as he draws a bow across the strings of a violin during the...

Date Published
October-12-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Image

Clarence Gatemouth Brown, wearing a cowboy hat and shirt, from his left side, smiles as he bows a violin during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Image

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

Image

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

Image

Publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams wearing suit.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Image

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

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Blue Room

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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 plays a fiddle

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings as he pulls a bow across an amplified fiddle at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. He is wearing a...

Date Published
October-25-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns 92

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays the fiddle at Club Mardi Gras for his 92nd Birthday. He's wearing a striped suit and looks down at the bow crossing...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns 93

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is smiling as he speaks into a microphone while standing in front of a drawing of himself playing the fiddle that. The...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Little Hatch, Millage Gilbert, and Debbie Dennis at the Gem Theater

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles while looking down as he stands to the right of a seated Little Hatch wearing a printed tuxedo, bowtie, and a fedora...

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

Claude Williams playing violin

Image

Claude Williams playing violin; poster of a 19th century man in a hat behind him; unknown location.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (34)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (19)
  • Allan Bell Collection (4)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)
  • Paul Creston Collection (3)
  • Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Mclean Family Collection (1)
  • Postcard - Ben-Ton Orchestra (1)

Types

  • photographs (77)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (79)
  • Portrait photographs (62)
  • Publicity photographs (36)
  • Group portraits (24)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Postcards (2)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (79)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (20)
  • 1991-2000 (16)
  • 1951-1960 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 1921-1930 (6)
  • 1931-1940 (6)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (35)
  • African American men (19)
  • Fiddlers (19)
  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Conductors (Music) (11)
  • Men, White (11)
  • Blues musicians (8)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Violin (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • African American musicians (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Composers (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Radio talk show hosts (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Punk rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • Women musicians (1)
  • (-) Violinists (79)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (18)
  • 18th and Vine District (3)
  • Italy (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)
  • Hartford (Conn.) (1)
  • Salina (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (19)
  • Cugat, Xavier, 1900-1990 (5)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (5)
  • Venuti, Joe (4)
  • Young, Lionel (4)
  • Creach, Papa John (3)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • Garber, Jan (3)
  • Marriner, Neville (3)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (2)
  • Glenn, Lilliebelle (2)
  • Grappelli, Stéphane (2)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (2)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (2)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (2)
  • Smith, Stuff (2)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Bergner, Carl, 1930-2000 (1)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Dittemore, Helen (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (1)
  • Lert, Richard, 1885-1980 (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Malneck, Matty (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Otis, Hal (1)
  • Perlman, Itzhak, 1945- (1)
  • Rabinof, Benno (1)
  • Reisman, Leo, 1897-1961 (1)
  • Rubinoff, Dave, 1897-1986 (1)
  • Savitt, Jan (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Taylor, Will, 1968- (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Woode, Jimmy (1)
  • Young, Victor, 1900-1956 (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (3)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (19)
  • 1941 (17)
  • 1971 (8)
  • 1965 (6)
  • 1975 (6)
  • 1921 (5)
  • 1930 (5)
  • 1935 (5)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1955 (3)
  • 2001-02-19 (3)
  • 1952 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-02-21 (2)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1934 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1959-09 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-07-17 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-04-15 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-10-12 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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