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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

David "Fathead" Newman

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Headshot of David "Fathead" Newman looking to the side and smiling. Newman is wearing a dark jacket and turtleneck sweater.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

David "Fathead" Newman talks to students about the saxophone

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Students have left their seats and gather around the floor in front of the stage to smile as they look up and have an encounter with David "Fathead"...

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

David Fathead Newman

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Publicity photo of David "Fathead" Newman looking forward and smiling while holding a saxophone up with both hands.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. 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

Fathead Newman at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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David "Fathead" Newman stands and blows into a tenor saxophone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Host speaks into a microphone at the Statesmen of Jazz concert in Boca Raton, Florida

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A host wearing a captain's hat, smiles and speaks into a microphone that he holds in his right hand as he stands in the center of the stage for the...

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

Jay McShann with his orchestra

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Jay McShann and his orchestra; (top row L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums; Pete Anderson, bass; (bottom row L-R) David Newman (likely), clarinet or saxophone...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Pete Haney playing saxophone with Jay McShann's Orchestra

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Pete Haney standing to play saxophone with the Jay McShann Orchestra; other musicians in the photo (L-R) Bobby Hopkins, drums, David Newman (likely)...

Date Published
1950
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Portrait of David "Fathead" Newman with his saxophone

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David "Fathead" Newman seated holding a glass of water and his saxophone; possibly between sessions; smiling and looking over to the right of the...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann 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 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

Image

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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  • Newman, David, 1933-2009
  • photographs

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (8)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • (-) photographs (14)

Genres

  • Group portraits (11)
  • Color photographs (8)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Portrait photographs (3)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (13)
  • Saxophonists (13)
  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Fiddlers (7)
  • Jazz musicians, White (7)
  • Men, White (7)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Trombonists (6)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Music festivals (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (8)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Masso, George (7)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (7)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (5)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • (-) Newman, David, 1933-2009 (14)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)

Date Published

  • 2000-05-16 (8)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1998-07-18 (1)

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