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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band behind him and audience in front of him

Image

In a photograph from the side of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band in a festival tent

Image

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 playing with a garage band

Image

The photographer's finger is partially over the lens as the camera caught a photo of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays a fiddle

Image

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 plays along side Spencer Barefield

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, playing the fiddle, sits by Spencer Barefield, playing jazz guitar, as they sit behind two tables with beverages sitting on...

Date Published
April-10-2001
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 plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams dips his head and closes his eyes as he draws his bow across the strings in a close up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings in a close-up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage and looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings in a close-up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays fiddle with Larry Holloway on double bass at the Levee

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sways as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, with Larry Holloway playing...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his right side, plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair in a room at a medical institution. His instrument case is...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his right side, plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair in a room in a medical institution. His instrument case is...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle with a piano player in a living room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a chair playing a fiddle beside a man playing a spinet piano with his back to the camera. The piano player is on the...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays in the performance tent

Image

Ahmad Alaadeen, saxophone, stands with his back to the camera under the performance tent in the left foreground of the photograph. Across the stage...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays the Jazz Church

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the interior steps of the Jazz Church, Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 54th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York...

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

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

Image

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits playing his fiddle in front of a big band of seated white men playing their instruments. Seated behind Claude are...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a wheelchair playing his fiddle in front of a big band of white men playing their instruments. Three large floor-to...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits playing his fiddle in front of a big band of seated white men playing their instruments and one unidentified white man...

Date Published
November-17-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Luqman Hamza and Rusty Tucker

Image

On the left side of the photograph at an unidentified venue, possibly the Mutual Musicians Foundation, Musicians Local 627, in Kansas City, Missouri...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Russ Long at the Old Northeast Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting...

Date Published
October-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with two other musicians

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends at the knees and smiles as he stands and plays his fiddle with a seated guitarist and a double bass player. The...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams possibly receiving an award

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams folds his hands and smiles as an unidentified white woman stands next to him and reads from a folder she holds in both hands...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams prepares to perform at the Savoy Lounge

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his left side, patiently holds his fiddle as he stands and watches two other men prepare the stage to perform at the...

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

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (223)
  • Betty Crow Collection (32)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (19)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (10)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (290)

Genres

  • Color photographs (246)
  • Group portraits (169)
  • Portrait photographs (96)
  • Snapshots (46)
  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Publicity photographs (14)
  • Photocopies (7)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (51)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (268)
  • African American jazz musicians (267)
  • African American men (234)
  • Men, White (131)
  • Jazz musicians, White (108)
  • Double bassists (104)
  • Guitarists (69)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (42)
  • Trumpet players (37)
  • Violinists (29)
  • Women, White (28)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (26)
  • Keyboard players (25)
  • Pianists (21)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • African American women (19)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Music fans (18)
  • Music audiences (17)
  • Auditoriums (12)
  • Jazz singers (12)
  • Bow ties (10)
  • Jazz festivals (10)
  • Musicians' spouses (9)
  • Blues musicians (8)
  • Harmonica players (8)
  • Schools (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Birthdays (7)
  • African American high school students (6)
  • British (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Mandolinists (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Violin (5)
  • Banjoists (4)
  • Birthday cakes (4)
  • Country musicians (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Bowler hats (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Bluegrass musicians (2)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Boutonnieres (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Pictures (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Art (1)
  • Art museums (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Breakfasts (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Halls of fame (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians, Cajun (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (290)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (84)
  • 18th and Vine District (17)
  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (11)
  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (7)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (5)
  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (2)
  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (2)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Muskogee (Okla.) (2)
  • Burns (Tenn.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • Salina (Kan.) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (265)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (20)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (15)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (14)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (14)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (13)
  • Betts, Keter (13)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (12)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (11)
  • Kessler, Stan (10)
  • Wilder, Joe (10)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (9)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (8)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (8)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Masso, George (7)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (7)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (6)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (6)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • Fleeman, Rod (5)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (4)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dunn, Gerald (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Moore, Mary (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Young, Lionel (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (2)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Carter, Regina (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fontenot, Allen (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nasser, Jamil (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Solberg, Dick (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Vest, Elsa (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • 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)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (71)
  • 2000 (58)
  • 1981 (19)
  • 1990 (18)
  • 1998 (14)
  • 1980 (11)
  • 1999-06-16 (11)
  • 2001-09-15 (11)
  • 1971 (10)
  • 1995 (10)
  • 2003-02-11 (9)
  • 1992-10 (8)
  • 1999 (8)
  • 2001-04-08 (8)
  • 2000-05-16 (7)
  • 2001-02-19 (7)
  • 2001-04-10 (7)
  • 2003-02-10 (7)
  • 1991-10 (6)
  • 1992-09 (5)
  • 2001-04-12 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 2001-04-13 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1999-07-17 (3)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1999-10-16 (3)
  • 2000-02-21 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1993-10-01 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1999-04-01 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 1999-10-13 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-07-21 (2)
  • 2000-11-16 (2)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1991-02-22 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994-02 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-08-06 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000-02-22 (1)
  • 2000-04-15 (1)
  • 2000-05-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-12-25 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2001-10-12 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-01-17 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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