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 on stage with fiddler, Matt Glaser

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands and faces the center of the stage as he plays his fiddle with a fiddler Matt Glaser and a group of unidentified white musicians including, a seated guitarist, and a standing double bass player. Venue is likely at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Trio performs on stage

A trio of a white male fiddler, a white male mandolin player, and a white female guitar player, perform on stage. The back of the heads of the audience are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-102.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and the guitarist smile at each other as the trio performs

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands sideways on stage smiling at a seated white male guitarist who looks up at Claude with a big grin as he plays his guitar. A white female double bass player with her side to the camera looks at Claude as she plays.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Trio performs on stage

A trio of a white male fiddler, a white male mandolin player, and a white female guitar player perform on stage. The mandolin player in the center of the trio sings into the microphone as he plays. He wears a cowboy hat. The guitarist also stands straight as she sings into the microphone. The back of the heads of the audience are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-104.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Quartet of two fiddles, a slide guitar, and a keyboard

Two white male fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated white male keyboard player and possibly a white male slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap. The backs of the heads of the audience are in the foreground of the photograph. The bottom of a box seat section is on the upper right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-105.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Trio performs on stage

A trio of a white male fiddler, a white male mandolin player, and a white female guitar player perform on stage. The mandolin player in the center of the trio sings into the microphone as he plays. He wears a cowboy hat. The guitarist also stands straight as she sings into the microphone. The back of the heads of the audience are visible in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-106.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Quartet of two fiddles, a slide guitar, and a keyboard

Two fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated keyboard player and possibly a slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap (all white men). The backs of the heads of the audience are in the foreground of the photograph. The bottom of a box seat section is on the upper right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-107.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Five string performers play with Claude "Fiddler" Williams

A group of five white men and one woman string players join Claude "Fiddler" Williams on stage in a performance. Two fiddler players stand to the left side of the photograph. A guitarist sits next to Claude. A double bass player, and a guitar player stand to the right side of the photographer. The backs of the heads of the audience are visible int he foreground of the photograph. The bottom of a box seat section is on the upper right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Announcer keeps things going while Claude "Fiddler" Williams leaves the stage

A white male announcer stands center stage speaking into a microphone as he looks right toward Claude "Fiddler" Williams who is walking off the stage with his fiddle and bow.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with two other musicians

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 unidentified white male guitarist laughs as he looks up at Claude. The undientified white female double bassist stands with her side to the audience.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with another, white female, fiddler, and a double bass player completely obscured by Claude, and a seated white male jazz guitarist.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-111.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with an unidentified white female double bass player and a seated white male jazz guitarist.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-112.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams listen to an unidentified white female fiddler play with an unidentified white female double bass player and a seated white male jazz guitarist.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-113.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs for students

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak into a microphone as an unidentifed white female fiddler player and double bass player, and an unidentified, seated, white male jazz guitarist, perform.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks as he performs with a string band

African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams speak as an unidentifed white female fiddle player and double bass player, and an unidentified, seated, white male jazz guitarist perform.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-115.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147