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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
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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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with a birthday cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band behind him and audience in front of him

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In a photograph from the side of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the...

Date Published
1991
2000
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
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Russ Long at the Old Northeast Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting...

Date Published
October-16-1999
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks into the microphone from the stage

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage and speaks into a microphone as he holds his fiddle with both hands and hangs his bow from his left hand. An...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant with three other band members on the stage performing

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other...

Date Published
1981
1985
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

From the side of the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward and enthusiastic audience

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In a photograph from the side of the stage, at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Joe Cartwright leans over the keyboard as he performs with a band at the Levee

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Joe Cartwright, keyboard player, leans over the keys and looks to his right as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street, Kansas City...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Joe Wilder plays his flugelhorn with the band

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Joe Wilder looks down at the bell of a flugelhorn as he stands of stage playing with the band. A unidentified African American saxophone player...

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

Quartet of two fiddles, a slide guitar, and a keyboard

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Two fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated keyboard player and possibly a slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap (all white men). The backs...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Quartet of two fiddles, a slide guitar, and a keyboard

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Two white male fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated white male keyboard player and possibly a white male slide guitarist with the slide guitar on...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

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Richard Ross stands and smiles out at the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as he performs with an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

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Richard Ross, jazz singer, smiles at the audience as he stands behind a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Russ Long and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at the Old Northeast Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting...

Date Published
October-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • (-) Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (18)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Color photographs (18)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Snapshots (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (16)
  • African American men (16)
  • Jazz musicians (16)
  • Fiddlers (15)
  • Men, White (15)
  • Jazz musicians, White (12)
  • Double bassists (9)
  • Saxophonists (6)
  • Trumpet players (6)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (4)
  • Birthdays (4)
  • Music audiences (4)
  • Music fans (4)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Birthday cakes (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • (-) Keyboard players (18)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (6)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (13)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • Wilder, Joe (4)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (2)
  • Kessler, Stan (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (1)
  • Fleeman, Rod (1)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (7)
  • 2000 (7)
  • 2003-02-11 (6)
  • 1981 (3)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1999-10-16 (2)
  • 1985 (1)

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