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All play except Marcus Belgrave

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All play except Marcus Belgrave

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

Band warms up

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Band warms up

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

Big Bill Bissonnette takes the solo

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Big Bill Bissonnette takes the solo

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and others performing

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and others performing

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is playing his fiddle on the farthest right-hand side of the photograph. Spencer Barefield, jazz guitarist, Marcus Belgrave...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains along with others

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains along with others

Left to right: Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone, from his right side; Jerome "Scrooge" Harris, drums, looking down and wearing a hat; Charlie Gabriel...

Date Published
April-08-2001
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gets the microphone next

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams gets the microphone next

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in the center of a school auditorium stage performing on his fiddle. Marcus Belgrave walks toward Claude with a...

Date Published
April-10-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a band on a stage in a school auditorium

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a band on a stage in a school auditorium

A drum set on the left side of the photograph is too dark to see the drummer; likely Jerome Harris. Dan Pliskow, double bass player, looks left toward...

Date Published
April-10-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Collaboration

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Collaboration

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, on the right side of the photograph stands sideways to the audience to look back at Dan Pliskow, double bassist, and the...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Marcus Belgrave and Claude "Fiddler" Williams have a cheerful greeting

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Marcus Belgrave and Claude "Fiddler" Williams have a cheerful greeting

Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, laughs as he put his left arm around the shoulders of Claude "Fiddler" Williams, who is also laughing as they stand just...

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

Marcus Belgrave causes Claude "Fiddler" Williams to laugh

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Marcus Belgrave causes Claude "Fiddler" Williams to laugh

Claude "Fiddler" Williams laughs as he holds his fiddle and bow in his left hand and stands next to Marcus Belgrave. Marcus has his hand on Claude's...

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

Marcus Belgrave uses the microphone as most of the band plays

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Marcus Belgrave uses the microphone as most of the band plays

Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, points at the audience that is not in the photograph and speaks or sings into a microphone he holds with his other hand...

Date Published
April-10-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Marcus Belgrave, Charlie Gabriel, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Marcus Belgrave,  Charlie Gabriel, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Marcus Belgrave, holding a trumpet, and Bill Ensley, saxophonist, wearing bowler hats and burgundy vests, stand on either side of Claude "Fiddler"...

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

Marcus, Claude, and Bill stand together for a photograph as others look on

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Marcus, Claude, and Bill stand together for a photograph as others look on

A photographer stands and bends over a camera from the stage up behind the jazz band on the auditorium floor of a school. Dan Pliskow, double bass...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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Genres

  • Color photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (11)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (13)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Trumpet players (13)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Double bassists (9)
  • Guitarists (8)
  • Auditoriums (7)
  • Trombonists (7)
  • Schools (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Bowler hats (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (13)
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Subjects, Geographic

  • Detroit (Mich.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (13)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (10)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (9)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (8)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (3)
  • (-) Belgrave, Marcus (13)
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Date Published

  • 2001-04-10 (5)
  • 2001-04-08 (4)
  • 2001-04-12 (2)
  • 2001-04-13 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
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