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 furrows his brow as he performs with his fiddle

In a close-up photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he draws his bow across his fiddle during a performance. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Illinois Jacquet and Claude "Fiddler" Williams get reacquainted

Illinois Jacquet and Claude "Fiddler" Williams laugh as they shake hands and turn to face the camera on stage, most likely at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest rehearsal. Claude wears a ball cap from Washington D.C. and is casually dressed. Jacquet is dressed ready for his performance. Other band members can be seen seated on stage behind the two. The drum set has the words, "Kansas City Drum Works" printed on it.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Claude "Fiddler" Williams from his right side, smiles as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle. He wears a tuxedo and bow tie. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Claude "Fiddler" Williams".
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle. He wears a large-checked suit jacket with wide lapels.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams leans as he plays his amplified fiddle

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly to the right as he plays his fiddle with an amplification cord from the fiddle to the power source on the floor. A grand piano is behind him with the pianist completely obscured by Claude, except for the pianist's pedal foot.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler Jonathan Blake and others

An unidentified white male pianist, farthest left in the photograph, sits diagonally on the piano bench, turns his body toward the keys, and closes his eyes as he plays. Standing beside the bench, Claude "Fiddler" Williams faces center stage as he plays his fiddle. Standing at the end of the piano, an unidentified white male double bass player looks out toward fiddler, Jonathan Blake, standing center stage who turns his body to face Claude. Farthest right in the photograph is an unidentified white male drummer, sitting and playing as he smiles toward the piano player. Shadows of the double bass player and the fiddler at center stage are on the wall behind the combo. The backs of audience heads are in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Steve Abshire and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform in a church setting

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with Steve Abshire, guitar, inside a church. Claude wears a brown leather suit as he stands center stage playing his fiddle. On the left side of the photograph, Steve Abshire looks down at the neck of his guitar as he plays and sit on a tall stool. A double bass lays down on the floor on its side behind Claude. A wall of religious symbols is at the back of the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs in a church setting

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on a stage in a church setting as he wears a suit of brown leather. A double bass lays on the floor on its side behind Claude. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Steve Abshire and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform in a church setting

From stage right, a grand piano sits stage right with Steve Abshire sitting between the piano and the stage apron on a stool playing his jazz guitar. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands center stage playing his fiddle. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Steve Abshire and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform in a church setting

From stage right, the stage steps lead up to a grand piano that sits stage right with Steve Abshire sitting between the piano and the stage apron on a stool playing his jazz guitar. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands center stage playing his fiddle. A white male photographer leans against the stage apron from the floor in front of the stage to continue photographing the two performing. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-288.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Steve Abshire and Claude "Fiddler" Williams stand after a performance in a church setting

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the audience from center stage as he stands, holds his fiddle waist high, tucked under his right arm, and his bow dangles from the fingers of his left hand. Steve Abshire looks down at the stool he has been sitting on and stands while holding his jazz guitar. The backs of the audiences' heads are visible in the foreground of the photograph. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Steve Abshire and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform in a church setting

From stage right, a grand piano sits stage right with Steve Abshire sitting between the piano and the stage apron on a stool playing his jazz guitar. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands center stage playing his fiddle. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-290.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams tries out a Mark Wood Viper violin

Claude "Fiddler" Williams concentrates as he tries out a Mark Wood Viper violin while John Blake provides accompaniment by playing the piano at the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference in San Diego, California. John's head is turned away from the camera and toward Claude. Two more conference attendees stand behind Claude and John.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Series of three photographs of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams blowing up modeling balloons

In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling balloon as she is in a big crowd. And then the two of them smile as they hold the balloons and talk as they are among a large crowd.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-292.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson, and J.T. Lotozo perform during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival

In the glow of a light hanging from a tent or awning covering the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways to the camera drawing his bow across the strings of his fiddle as he share the stage with Bobby Watson holding his saxophone, and a seated J.T. Lotozo playing a jazz guitar, during the evening during the 2000 Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival held in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147