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Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured), an unidentified fiddler, and...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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An unidentified guitarist, Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, Tyrone Clark (bass, mostly obscured)...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen playing flute with a violin student

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Ahmad Alaadeen, from his right, plays a flute while teaching an seated unidentified female violin student at the Charlie Parker Academy in Kansas City...

Date Published
1975
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Ahmad Alaadeen, Fiddler Williams, and George Benson visiting Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a ball cap, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, George Benson stand in front of a wall of photographs of members and performers at...

Date Published
September-11-1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

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

Barney Kessel having a conversation with Joe Venuti

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Barney Kessel facing Joe Venuti, wearing a fedora with a feather hatband, having a conversation outdoors during Dick Gibson's Jazz Party in Vail...

Date Published
September-1968
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Benny Meroff

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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

Benny Meroff caricature

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Illustration of Benny Meroff conducting. Meroff is holding a conducting baton in one hand and pointing up with the other. The illustration is an...

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

Buck Clayton with Big Joe Turner and others

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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

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

Claude Williams playing violin

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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

Echoes of Erin with Ahmad Alaadeen at Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), wearing a kufi cap, jamming with Echoes of Erin, a group of musicians from Ireland, at Mutual Musicians Foundation in...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Fiddler takes the solo as Ahmad Alaadeen participates in mixing genres of music

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Chris Clarke (piano), Ahmad Alaadeen (saxophone), an unidentified harmonica player, and Tyrone Clark (bass) listen to the fiddler take the solo during...

Date Published
August-11-2001
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Guy Lombardo

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Publicity photo of Guy Lombardo sitting and leaning to the side with one arm on an armrest. Lombardo is looking to the side and smiling, wearing a...

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

Guy Lombardo

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Guy Lombardo - Maestro of radio's most popular band, the Royal Canadians, as he appeared during the production of Paramount's "Many Happy Returns"...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Guy Lombardo

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Headshot of Guy Lombardo looking forward and smiling. Lombardo is standing next to a microphone, wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (19)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (12)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (12)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Betty Crow Collection (3)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (58)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (35)
  • Gelatin silver prints (35)
  • Portrait photographs (31)
  • Group portraits (28)
  • Color photographs (23)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (17)
  • 1941-1950 (13)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1931-1940 (5)
  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (32)
  • Fiddlers (22)
  • African American men (18)
  • Saxophonists (18)
  • Men, White (11)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Double bassists (8)
  • Guitarists (8)
  • Conductors (Music) (6)
  • Harmonica players (6)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Keyboard players (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Violin (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • Banjoists (3)
  • Blues festivals (3)
  • Cruise ships (3)
  • Jazz festivals (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Music festivals (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Guitar players (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Name tags (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (59)
  • (-) Violinists (59)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (12)
  • 18th and Vine District (5)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (20)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (11)
  • Venuti, Joe (7)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (5)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (5)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (4)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Garber, Jan (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Glenn, Lilliebelle (2)
  • Grappelli, Stéphane (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (2)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Creach, Papa John (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Kessel, Barney (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Malneck, Matty (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Otis, Hal (1)
  • Reisman, Leo, 1897-1961 (1)
  • Savitt, Jan (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Spaits, Gerald (1)
  • Taylor, Will, 1968- (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Ward, Michael (Violinist) (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)
  • Woode, Jimmy (1)
  • Young, Victor, 1900-1956 (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Central Avenue Jazz Festival (1)
  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (12)
  • 1941 (10)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1935 (4)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1992-10 (3)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 2001-02-19 (3)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1975-09 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-02-21 (2)
  • 1934 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1968-09 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1987 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)

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