Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Description
Claude "Fiddler" Williams (22 February 1908 - 25 April 2004), violinist and guitarist, was born Claude Gabriel Williams in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Williams enjoyed a great deal of well-deserved acclaim in the twilight of his long jazz career.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at West End Gate

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Audience watches a formal event

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Audience watches a formal event

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Houston Person and Etta Jones perform at the Tony Williams Jazz Fest

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with a big band

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Statesmen of Jazz perform in Boca Raton, Florida

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes the solo as the rest of the Statemen of Jazz listen

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Eddie Higgins and Claude "Fiddler" Williams play as the rest of the Statemen of Jazz listen

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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School children file out of the auditorium after the Statemen of Jazz concert

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Early audience members waiting for the Statemen of Jazz concert to begin

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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David "Fathead" Newman talks to students about the saxophone

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Collection Identifier: MS-0147