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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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bows

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bows as he holds his fiddle by the neck in his left hand and holds his bow in his right hand. An audience member, seated on...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays with a piano play in a living room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight and crosses his leg as he sits in a chair playing a fiddle. Beside him is an unidentified white man...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with the Statesmen of Jazz

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with the Statesmen of Jazz

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler Jonathan Blake and others

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An unidentified white male pianist, farthest left in the photograph, sits diagonally on the piano bench, turns his body toward the keys, and closes...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with Frank Smith in a quartet

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Frank Smith, piano, on the left side of the photograph, turns his head to looks seriously at the photographer as he plays a piano he is seated at...

Date Published
1971
1980
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 plays at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle center stage as he performs as part of a quartet of unidentified African American male jazz musicians...

Date Published
June-16-1999
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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes the solo as the rest of the Statemen of Jazz listen

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The Statesmen of Jazz perform on stage in Boca Raton, Florida on May 16, 2000. The date, "5 16 '00"," is imprinted on the lower right-hand of the...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Eddie Higgins and Claude "Fiddler" Williams play as the rest of the Statemen of Jazz listen

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The Statesmen of Jazz perform on stage in Boca Raton, Florida on May 16, 2000. The date, "5 16 '00"," is imprinted on the lower right-hand of the...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Frank Smith, Jerry Leonard, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at JJ's Restaurant

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In a photograph up from the floor in front of the stage at JJ's Restaurant, 910 West 48th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, to the stage, Frank Smith...

Date Published
August-01-1981
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Gerald Dunn, Tyrone Clark, and Chris Clarke play inside a performance tent

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Lisa Henry, jazz singer, is mostly out of the left side of the photograph clapping her hands to the music of Gerald Dunn playing the tenor saxophone...

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

Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Henry Butler, Jay McShann, Bobby Watson, Roger Naber, Claude Fiddler Williams, and Marianne sit and talk during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann and others on stage during a IAJRC concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an IAJRC conference concert in Kansas City; (Jay McShann, piano; Claude Williams, violin; Ben Kynard...

Date Published
August-16-1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann performing on stage with Claude Williams and Eddie Davis

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Jay McShann (piano), Claude Williams (violin), and Eddie Davis (saxophone) performing together on stage at an unidentified outdoor event; large trees...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann 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 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

Statesmen of Jazz gather around the host of the concert in Boca Raton, Florida

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The Statesmen of Jazz stand and sit together around the host at the Pine Crest School Performing Arts Center, 2700 St. Andrews Boulevard in Boca Raton...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Statesmen of Jazz listen to someone speak from the stage

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The Statesmen of Jazz are on stage at the Pine Crest School Performing Arts Center, 2700 St. Andrews Boulevard in Boca Raton, Florida, for the Swing &...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist take the solo

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The other players in an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz pause to listen to the guitarist, Bill Wurtzel, take the solo. Jane Jarvis, is seated at...

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

Statesmen of Jazz perform in Boca Raton, Florida

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The Statesmen of Jazz perform on stage in Boca Raton, Florida, on May 16, 2000. On the left side of the photograph, Eddie Higgins sits at the baby...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Statesmen of Jazz perform in Boca Raton, Florida

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The Statesmen of Jazz perform on stage in Boca Raton, Florida on May 16, 2000. The date, "5 16 '00"," is imprinted on the lower right-hand of the...

Date Published
May-16-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • Pianists
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (21)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Group portraits (23)
  • Color photographs (20)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Snapshots (4)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (24)
  • African American men (24)
  • Jazz musicians (24)
  • Fiddlers (20)
  • Jazz musicians, White (19)
  • Double bassists (16)
  • Men, White (16)
  • Saxophonists (15)
  • Trombonists (9)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (7)
  • Trumpet players (7)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • (-) Pianists (24)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (6)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Masso, George (6)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (6)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (5)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (4)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (4)
  • Kessler, Stan (4)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dunn, Gerald (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Saunders, Eddie (3)
  • Wilder, Joe (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (2)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Crawford, Johnny, 1946-2021 (1)
  • Davis, Eddie, 1922-1986 (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Wesley, Lucky (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (24)

Events

  • IAJRC Convention (1985 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-05-16 (6)
  • 2001-09-15 (4)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1985-08-16 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999-06-16 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)

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