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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
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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

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

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

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 and Joe Wilder

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, an unidentified African American saxophone player, and Joe Wilder, trumpet, stand together in front of the food table and...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and others performing

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams is playing his fiddle on the farthest right-hand side of the photograph. Spencer Barefield, jazz guitarist, Marcus Belgrave...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoying himself in the Blue Room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains along with others

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Left to right: Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone, from his right side; Jerome "Scrooge" Harris, drums, looking down and wearing a hat; Charlie Gabriel...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gets the microphone next

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in the center of a school auditorium stage performing on his fiddle. Marcus Belgrave walks toward Claude with a...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band in a festival tent

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Eddie Saunders is mostly out of the photograph on the left side with his saxophone lying across his lap. He sits next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams who...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing with a garage band

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The photographer's finger is partially over the lens as the camera caught a photo of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a band on a stage in a school auditorium

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A drum set on the left side of the photograph is too dark to see the drummer; likely Jerome Harris. Dan Pliskow, double bass player, looks left toward...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in Kim Park's garage

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A photograph of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the left, a cooler sits next to an amplifier and Russ Long seated and...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a moment to smile at the camera

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind a seated audience member, stands sideways to the stage to smile at the camera; his fiddle tucked under his...

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

Collaboration

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, on the right side of the photograph stands sideways to the audience to look back at Dan Pliskow, double bassist, and the...

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

Eddie Saunders is surprised by Lisa Henry as Ida McBeth looks on

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Eddie Saunders, holding a saxophone, opens his mouth in surprise at Lisa Henry, jazz singer, who is mostly obscured by Ida McBeth, jazz singer. Ida...

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

Ida McBeth and Lisa Henry watch the band play

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, slightly bends his knees as he stands and looks down at the fiddle he is playing with his bow. He wears a fedora hat. Lisa...

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

Ida McBeth sings with the band in the festival tent

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Ida McBeth lifts her head and sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand as she sits on a tall stool in a tent with open sides. Claude...

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

Incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz stand on stage preparing to perform

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An incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz stand on stage getting ready to perform. Only Joe Wilder's head, hands, and horn are visible on the left side...

Date Published
October-12-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Joe Wilder and Claude "Fiddler" Williams prepare to perform for the Count Basie Society

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Joe Wilder looks down or closes his eyes as he sits on a coffee table holding his trumpet between his knees with both hands. He faces Claude "Fiddler"...

Date Published
February-10-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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Types

  • photographs (49)

Genres

  • Color photographs (48)
  • Group portraits (41)
  • Snapshots (4)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Black & white photographs (1)
  • Gelatin silver prints (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (48)
  • Jazz musicians (47)
  • African American jazz musicians (46)
  • Fiddlers (37)
  • Men, White (35)
  • Saxophonists (34)
  • Jazz musicians, White (31)
  • Double bassists (24)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • African American women (11)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (10)
  • Pianists (10)
  • Guitarists (9)
  • Jazz singers (9)
  • Auditoriums (7)
  • Keyboard players (6)
  • Birthdays (4)
  • Schools (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Music audiences (3)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Bowler hats (2)
  • British (2)
  • Concerts (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Birthday parties (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Flügelhorn (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • (-) Trumpet players (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (4)
  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (38)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (15)
  • Wilder, Joe (12)
  • Kessler, Stan (11)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (10)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (9)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (8)
  • Saunders, Eddie (7)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (6)
  • McBeth, Ida (6)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (4)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (4)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (4)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (3)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (3)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (3)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (3)
  • Masso, George (3)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (3)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (3)
  • Wesley, Lucky (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (2)
  • Dunn, Gerald (2)
  • Hamza, Luqman (2)
  • Locke, Eddie (2)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Terry, Clark (2)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Powell, Benny (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Events

  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-09-15 (9)
  • 2003-02-11 (7)
  • 2001-04-10 (5)
  • 2001-02-19 (4)
  • 2001-04-08 (4)
  • 2003-02-10 (4)
  • 2000-05-16 (3)
  • 2001-04-13 (3)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 2001-04-12 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1999-10-12 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2010-05-02 (1)

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