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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

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 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 plays a fiddle

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
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  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • (-) Evie Quarles Collection (12)

Types

  • photographs (12)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (5)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (8)
  • 2001-2010 (4)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (12)
  • African American men (12)
  • Fiddlers (12)
  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Violinists (12)
  • Blues festivals (3)
  • Jazz festivals (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (12)
  • 18th and Vine District (3)

Subjects, People

  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (12)

Events

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

Date Published

  • 2001-02-19 (3)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-02-21 (2)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)

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