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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

Blanche Williams' husband, Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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In a double photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams' promotional photograph on the left of him holding up his fiddle with the body on a table he is...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand on either side of A. Spencer Barefield IV

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand on either side of 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV. The tops of their heads are out of the top...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee, sitting with his wife, Blanche

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with...

Date Published
1991
2000
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 holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

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On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands with friends and family

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands with friends and family in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams 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, Blanche Williams, and Buck O'Neil visit in front of a food truck

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns his head to look at the camera as he stands in front of a food truck with his wife, Blanche, smiling and standing in...

Date Published
September-29-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude and Blanche with another couple at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand in the middle of another couple and smile for a photograph in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert...

Date Published
June-16-1999
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

Gloria McShann, Claude Williams and two unidentified women

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Claude Williams standing behind Gloria McShann and two other, unidentified, women (one African American, the other white) seated at a table with...

Date Published
February-13-1999
Member of
Jay McShann 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 closes her eyes and lifts her head as she sits on a tall stool and sings into a microphone she holds with her right hand. She expressively...

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

Johnny Crawford sings as the band accompanies him

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Rusty Tucker, drummer; Ben Kynard, saxophone; Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing a Danelectro double guitar; and possibly Pearl Thuston, piano, smile...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth watch the band play

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Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool sideways to the camera and looks back at the band performing in a tent with open sides. Lisa Henry sits...

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

Lisa Henry and the band perform

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Eddie Saunders sits and plays a baritone saxophone while Tyrone Clark stands and plays double bass and Chris Clarke sits plays the keyboard. Tyrone...

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

Lisa Henry sings

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Lisa Henry closes her eyes and smiles as she stands and sings inside a tent without sides. Eddie Saunders with his saxophone lying across his lap...

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

Lisa Henry sings as Eddie Saunders and Ida McBeth look at each other

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Lisa Henry, jazz singer, closes her eyes and grins as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall...

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

Series of three photographs of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams blowing up modeling balloons

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In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • African American women
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (20)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (22)

Genres

  • Color photographs (18)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (2)

Subjects

  • African American men (22)
  • Jazz musicians (21)
  • African American jazz musicians (20)
  • Fiddlers (18)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Musicians' spouses (10)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • Trumpet players (9)
  • Saxophonists (6)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Bow ties (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Teenage boys (2)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Racially mixed children (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American women (22)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (9)
  • Kessler, Stan (8)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (6)
  • Saunders, Eddie (4)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (3)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (2)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer IV (1)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (1)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (22)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-09-15 (9)
  • 1999-06-16 (2)
  • 2001-02-19 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1999-02-13 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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