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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

Andra Faye at the Grand Emporium

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Andra Faye of the Saffire the Uppity Blues Women band, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, looks down at the strings of the...

Date Published
April-15-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown at the 2000 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Clarence Gatemouth Brown, wearing a cowboy hat and shirt, from his left side, smiles as he bows a violin during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published
July-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles 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 performing at the Levee Bar & Grill

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. He is playing a fiddle near a microphone on...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow 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, 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 Bryan Hicks

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Bryan Hicks sitting left to right at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow 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 and David Daahoud Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams and David Daahoud Williams performing at a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Claude is sitting...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the City Light Jazz Club

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Claude Williams performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. He is closing his eyes while playing the fiddle. George Spaits is...

Date Published
October-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams playing fiddle for an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown leather jacket...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is looking down while...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams playing fiddle during a social event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is facing away from the...

Date Published
1994
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Claude Williams with unidentified musicians at an event at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Williams is wearing a brown...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Dick Solberg - The Sun Mountain Fiddler

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Dick Solberg, the Sun Mountain Fiddler, bluegrass fiddler, grins directly at the camera as he pulls the bow across the strings of a fiddle that is...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium 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

James Albright and Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee Bar & Grill

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James Albright and Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Albright is sitting on a stool and...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Williams is holding a microphone and...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Musicians at a Jazz Ambassador's monthly meeting at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Williams is holding a microphone and...

Date Published
October-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

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  • 1991-2000

Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (32)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (14)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (4)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (51)

Genres

  • Portrait photographs (41)
  • Group portraits (39)
  • Color photographs (36)
  • Snapshots (32)
  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1991-2000 (51)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (44)
  • Jazz musicians (43)
  • Double bassists (19)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Violinists (18)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (13)
  • African American men (12)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • Blues musicians (6)
  • Keyboard players (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Jazz festivals (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • African American guitarists (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (51)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (46)
  • 18th and Vine District (16)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (44)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Moore, Mary (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Young, Lionel (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Solberg, Dick (1)
  • Vest, Elsa (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)

Events

  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (3)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (12)
  • 1992-10 (8)
  • 1995 (8)
  • 1991-10 (6)
  • 1992-09 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-02-21 (2)
  • 1994-02 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-07-17 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-04-15 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)

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