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 gets the microphone next

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in the center of a school auditorium stage performing on his fiddle. Marcus Belgrave walks toward Claude with a microphone held shoulder high with his left hand. An unidentified drummer is obscured by a cymbal, and Dan Pliskow, double bass player, accompany Claude. Spencer Barefield, guitar, looks at Claude and Marcus from the back of the stage. Charlie Gabriel, saxophone looks back at the Dan Pliskow while holding his eyeglasses in both hands. Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone, smiles out at the audience that is not in the photograph. Music stands line the front of the stage. The date, "4 10 '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
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Students listen intensely

An auditorium full of students listen intensely to likely Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a band. A teacher stands in the back. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-027.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Students listen intensely

An auditorium full of students listen intensely to likely Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a band. A teacher sits on the side. The date, "4 10 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-028.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a tuxedo with a bandaged finger

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table wearing a light-colored tuxedo with a bow tie and a boutonniere. He holds out his left hand and smiles as if he's telling a story. His right hand rests on the table with his index finger bandaged and two rings; one on his ring finger and one on his pinky finger. He also wears cuff links.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Marcus Belgrave, Charlie Gabriel, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Marcus Belgrave, holding a trumpet, and Bill Ensley, saxophonist, wearing bowler hats and burgundy vests, stand on either side of Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a dressing room and all smile at the camera. Claude hugs his fiddle to his body as his bow hangs from the fingers of his right hand. The date, "4 12 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-030.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Big Bill Bissonnette sits in the green room

Big Bill Bissonnette smiles at the camera as he sits beside an unidentified colleague in the green room. Both wear vests. The man on the right wears a bow tie. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the left side of the photograph looking away with his side to the camera. The date, "4 12 '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
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Spencer Barefield, Marion Hayden, and Taslimah Bey

Spencer Barefield, holding a red jazz guitar, crouches down beside the seated double bass player, Marion Hayden, and Taslimah Bey, a jazz pianist. A wall of windows with blinds is behind them. The date, "4 12 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-032.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Spencer Barefield, Marion Hayden, Taslimah Bey, Charlie Gabriel, and Big Bill Bissonnette

Spencer Barefield stands holding his red jazz guitar and looking over to the seated Marion Hayden, Taslimah Bey, and Charlie Gabriel on one side of the green room and Big Bill Bissonnette on the left side of the photograph. Spencer and Charlie wear vests. Charlie also wears a bowler hat. Big Bill is mostly out of the photograph. The date, "4 12 '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
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he stands by a piano holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall behind him. Music, a note, and an electronic metronome sit on the piano. The date, "4 12 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-034.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he sits on a piano bench holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall behind him. Sheet music, a memo, and an electronic metronome and a manual metronome sit on the piano. The date, "4 12 '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
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Marcus Belgrave causes Claude "Fiddler" Williams to laugh

Claude "Fiddler" Williams laughs as he holds his fiddle and bow in his left hand and stands next to Marcus Belgrave. Marcus has his hand on Claude's shoulder and is laughing as he talks or sings with his eyes closed. He wears a bowler hat and a vest. The date, "4 12 '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
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Harlequin Café in Detroit, Michigan

Photograph at night of the street view of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A valet parking sign sits on the sidewalk by the street in the foreground of the photograph. The date, "4 13 '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
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams' trio entertains at a café

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Spencer Barefield, jazz guitar, sit beside Dan Pliskow, double bass, as they perform from the corner of a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). The backs of the seated audience are visible as they sit around small round tables with tablecloths. A baby grand piano is beside Dan Pliskow. Oriental rugs hang as decorations on the wall behind the trio. A pink and blue rabbit head wearing a bow tie is a picture hanging on the wall by the door. The date, "4 13 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-038.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits with the audience at an event

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the farthest left side of the photograph. A pink and blue rabbit head wearing a bow tie is a picture hanging on the wall to his left. The audience, facing away from the barista bar behind them, sits at small round tables with tablecloths. The bartender is behind the bar at Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). The date, "4 13 '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
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Marcus Belgrave plays the piano while a woman looks on

Marcus Belgrave looks down at the keys of a baby grand piano without a lid that he is playing in a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), as an unidentified African American woman looks on. He wears a fedora hat. They both wear leather jackets. She holds a notebook of music in her arm. A glass of wine and a microphone sits on the piano. Oriental rugs hang on the wall behind them as decoration. The date, "4 13 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-040.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147