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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Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

Richard Ross stands and smiles out at the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as he performs with an unidentified drummer, double bass player, and a keyboard player.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his fingers of his right hand as he holds his fiddle and bow in his left hand. Larry Holloway plays the double bass on stage behind Claude. Richard Ross, singer, claps his hands and grins as he stands behind and somewhat obscured by Claude. The drummer is completely obscured by Richard.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Cartwright sits at the piano with his hand heading toward the keys. Larry Holloway stands behind Claude partially obscured by a microphone. His double bass is mostly obscured by Claude.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with a band at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams moves his feet and leans into the music as he plays his fiddle at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway plays a double bass on the back of the stage but his face is completely obscured by a microphone. A drum set sits on stage behind Claude.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Richard Ross perform at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands and plucks his fiddle beside Richard Ross, who is singing into a microphone at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. A drum set is behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins and pumps his fist at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and fiddle down by his leg with his left hand. Larry Holloway, double bass, is blurred playing behind Claude. Claude completely obscures the man standing behind him who is likely Richard Ross, jazz singer, clapping his hands. Another unidentified man's head is mostly out of the photograph on the left side, possibly a audience member at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player is out of the photograph on the left side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-137.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends deep as he plays his fiddle on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The double bass player, Larry Holloway, is out of the photograph on the left side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-139.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Joe Cartwright sits at the piano with his hand heading toward the keys. Larry Holloway stands behind Claude partially obscured by a microphone. His double bass is mostly obscured by Claude.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-140.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his turn to sing. Larry Holloway smiles at Claude as he plays his double bass at the back of the stage.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee, sitting with his wife, Blanche

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with his wife, Blanche Williams. He smiles at the camera as he sits in front of Blanche. She appears to begin to speak as she smiles.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with a band at the Levee

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Claude on stage. His face is obscured by a microphone.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Collaboration

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, on the right side of the photograph stands sideways to the audience to look back at Dan Pliskow, double bassist, and the guitarist, Spencer Barefield, as Claude plays his fiddle. Charlie Gabriel, the saxophone player, looks up as he plays on the left side of the photograph. A stage is up behind them with rows of folding chairs on risers in a school auditorium. A basketball goal is above their heads. The date, "4 8 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. The trumpet player, Marcus Belgrave, is standing in the center of the photograph with his back to the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Marcus, Claude, and Bill stand together for a photograph as others look on

A photographer stands and bends over a camera from the stage up behind the jazz band on the auditorium floor of a school. Dan Pliskow, double bass player, smiles as he sits on a tall stool holding the bass by the neck with his left hand. Spencer Barefield, looks out as he holds a jazz guitar under his right arm. Trumpet player, Marcus Belgrave, laughs as he holds a plastic drinking glass in his right hand and stands in close to Claude "Fiddler" Williams's left side and Charlie Gabriel, the saxophonist. Claude grins at the camera as he holds his fiddle and bow low in his right hand. Charlie Gabriel steadies the bell of a saxophone with his left hand that hangs from his neck from a strap as he stands in close to Claude's right side. The date, "4 8 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147