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Ahmad Alaadeen and another saxophone player perform at Charlie Parker's gravesite

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen plays the alto saxophone outdoors by Charlie Parker's gravesite with a white man playing a tenor saxophone behind and to his right. A...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen is ready to play the saxophone

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen stands outside wearing a straw fedora hat and holding an alto saxophone ready to play. The date, "08/24/2008" is printed by the camera...

Date Published
August-24-2008
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Dunn, Bobby Watson, Tyrone Clark and Chris Clarke play

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen is nearly out of the left side of the photograph in the foreground playing a soprano saxophone and wearing a fedora hat. A trumpet can...

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

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

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

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

Announcer keeps things going while Claude "Fiddler" Williams leaves the stage

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A white male announcer stands center stage speaking into a microphone as he looks right toward Claude "Fiddler" Williams who is walking off the stage...

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

Audience smiles as they listen

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The audience of white men, women, and children, smiles as they listen to a jazz combo play on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday. One...

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

Audience watches a formal event

Image

In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, unidentified African American men and one unidentified African American...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Audience watches a formal event

Image

In a room of pink-draped ceiling, a chandelier, and people dressed formally, four unidentified African American men and one unidentified African...

Date Published
September-01-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Barbara and Spencer Barefield

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Barbara and Spencer Barefield stand arm-in-arm with their heads together to smile at the camera as they stand in a yard in front of a wooden fence...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Barbara, Spencer IV, and A. Spencer Barefield

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The Barefield family: Barbara, A. Spencer IV, and A. Spencer, stand together in a yard in front of a wooden fence and smile at the camera. The parents...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Barefield family pet a Saint Bernard

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Barbara and A. Spencer Barefield bend over to pet each end of a Saint Bernard as their son, 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV, stands between them...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Big Bill Bissonnette sits in the green room

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Big Bill Bissonnette smiles at the camera as he sits beside an unidentified colleague in the green room. Both wear vests. The man on the right wears a...

Date Published
April-12-2001
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

Blanche Williams and Sherman Sharpe, Jr. of the Harlequin Café

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Blanche Williams stands among the restaurant's tables with the chef of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A wall...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blanche Williams holds a jack-o-lantern

Image

Blanche Williams stands outdoors with a big grin on her face as she holds a jack-o-lantern. She wears a denim jumpsuit. A demolished building spreads...

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

Blanche Williams shows a bird decoration

Image

Blanche Williams stands by a double window gesturing towards a bird decoration and smiling at the camera. A carved cabinet is behind her with African...

Date Published
January-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blanche Williams sits at a dining table

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Blanche Williams sits sideways in her chair while she talks at a dining table with a glass of juice and a calculator sitting on the placemat on the...

Date Published
September-25-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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  • (-) Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (306)

Types

  • (-) photographs (306)

Genres

  • Color photographs (280)
  • Group portraits (168)
  • Portrait photographs (73)
  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Snapshots (19)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Photocopies (7)

Subjects

  • African American men (267)
  • Jazz musicians (260)
  • African American jazz musicians (257)
  • Fiddlers (223)
  • Men, White (141)
  • Jazz musicians, White (118)
  • Double bassists (95)
  • Guitarists (70)
  • Saxophonists (59)
  • Trumpet players (49)
  • African American women (48)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (38)
  • Music audiences (36)
  • Women, White (32)
  • Music fans (29)
  • Pianists (28)
  • Musicians' spouses (25)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (23)
  • Jazz singers (22)
  • Trombonists (22)
  • Auditoriums (19)
  • Keyboard players (18)
  • Schools (11)
  • Bow ties (10)
  • Jazz festivals (8)
  • Birthdays (7)
  • Students (7)
  • African American high school students (6)
  • British (6)
  • Restaurants (6)
  • Teenage boys (5)
  • African American students (4)
  • Birthday cakes (4)
  • Bowler hats (4)
  • Mandolinists (4)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Boutonnieres (3)
  • Children, White (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Pictures (3)
  • Racially mixed children (3)
  • Vests (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Bass guitarists (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Bluegrass musicians (2)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Music students (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Organists (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Advertising fliers (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Art (1)
  • Art museums (1)
  • Asian Americans (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Breakfasts (1)
  • Bridges (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • Christmas trees (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Dance companies (1)
  • Dining room furniture (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Flügelhorn (1)
  • Halls of fame (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jack-o-lanterns (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Teachers (1)
  • Violin (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (51)
  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (11)
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  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (10)
  • New York (N.Y.) (5)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (2)
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  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Muskogee (Okla.) (2)
  • Pennsylvania (2)
  • Burns (Tenn.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • Nice (France) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (228)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (24)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (21)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (21)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (16)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (16)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (15)
  • Wilder, Joe (15)
  • Betts, Keter (13)
  • Kessler, Stan (12)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (12)
  • Saunders, Eddie (10)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (9)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (8)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (8)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (8)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (8)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (7)
  • Masso, George (7)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (6)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (6)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (5)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • Dunn, Gerald (5)
  • Fleeman, Rod (5)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (4)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • Powell, Benny (4)
  • Wesley, Lucky (4)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer IV (3)
  • Barefield, Barbara (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Hamza, Luqman (3)
  • Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Bey, Taslimah (2)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (2)
  • Hayden, Marion (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Terry, Clark (2)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (2)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Bresler, Fishel Michael (1)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Carter, Regina (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Dennis, Fats (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Gunther, Paul (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Johnson, Sam, Jr. (1)
  • Jones, Etta (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 (1)
  • Nasser, Jamil (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Person, Houston (1)
  • Royal, Marshal, 1912-1995 (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Sharpe, Sherman, Jr., 1955- (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (1)
  • Witherspoon, Jimmy (1)

Events

  • Tony Williams Jazz Fest (3)
  • "Duke Ellington Tribute: Jammin' at the Gem" concert series (2010 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (77)
  • 2000 (72)
  • 1981 (22)
  • 1990 (21)
  • 2001-09-15 (15)
  • 1998 (14)
  • 2003-02-11 (13)
  • 2001-04-10 (12)
  • 1971 (11)
  • 1980 (11)
  • 1999-06-16 (11)
  • 2001-02-19 (11)
  • 2001-04-08 (11)
  • 2001-04-13 (11)
  • 2000-05-16 (10)
  • 2003-02-10 (8)
  • 2001-04-12 (7)
  • 2001-04-14 (7)
  • 1995 (5)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 1999-10-12 (4)
  • 1999-10-13 (3)
  • 1999-10-16 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1985 (2)
  • 1993-10-01 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1999-04-01 (2)
  • 1999-07-17 (2)
  • 2000-05-13 (2)
  • 2000-11-16 (2)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 2001-09-01 (2)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • 1990-02-01 (1)
  • 1991-02-22 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1999-08-06 (1)
  • 1999-09-25 (1)
  • 1999-09-26 (1)
  • 2000-02-21 (1)
  • 2000-02-22 (1)
  • 2000-05-15 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-12-25 (1)
  • 2001-01-12 (1)
  • 2001-08-31 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-01-17 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2008-08-24 (1)
  • 2010 (1)
  • 2010-03-01 (1)
  • 2010-05-02 (1)

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