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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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
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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 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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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band in a festival tent

Eddie Saunders is mostly out of the photograph on the left side with his saxophone lying across his lap. He sits next to Claude "Fiddler" Williams who is likely playing a harmonica with both hands folded over his mouth. Stan Kessler stands up to a microphone playing the trumpet with his eyes closed. Bobby Watson stands just behind Stan holding his saxophone and smiling. Gerald Dunn stands next to Bobby Watson playing an alto saxophone. Tyrone Clark plays the double bass standing sideways to the camera. On the farthest right side of the photograph, Chris Clarke is seated at a electric piano he is playing with his face turned toward Tyrone and away from the camera. They are performing in a tent with open sides. The date, "9 15 '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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Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth watch the band play

Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool sideways to the camera and looks back at the band performing in a tent with open sides. Lisa Henry sits behind Ida, mostly obscured by Ida, and is mostly out of the right side of the photograph. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands as he leans forward slightly while playing his fiddle. Next to Claude is Stan Kessler playing his trumpet. Ahmad Alaadeen stands next to Stan playing a soprano saxophone. Gerald Dunn is mostly out of the left side of the photograph playing a saxophone. Gerald's saxophone is obscured by Tyrone Clark's double bass. Tyrone Clark is completely out of the right side of the photograph. Chris Clarke is out of the right side of the photograph but his fingers can be seen playing an electric piano. The date, "9 15 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-055.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Dunn, Bobby Watson, Tyrone Clark and Chris Clarke play

Ahmad Alaadeen is nearly out of the left side of the photograph in the foreground playing a soprano saxophone and wearing a fedora hat. A trumpet can be seen in front of Ahmad and just above Claude "Fiddler" Williams' head. Claude smiles as he is seated holding his fiddle, neck up, on his lap. He also wears a fedora hat. Gerald Dunn is standing beside Claude playing a saxophone. Bobby Watson stands next to and in front of Gerald playing an alto saxophone and wearing a fedora hat. Tyrone Clark stands sideways to the camera playing the double bass. Chris Clarke is seated at an electric piano. All are under a performance tent with open sides. A couple of audience members stand at the edges of the tent. The date, "9 15 '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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Gerald Dunn, Tyrone Clark, and Chris Clarke play inside a performance tent

Lisa Henry, jazz singer, is mostly out of the left side of the photograph clapping her hands to the music of Gerald Dunn playing the tenor saxophone, Tyrone Clark playing the double bass, and Chris Clarke playing the keyboard in the performance tent with open sides. Eddie Saunders, saxophone, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson, saxophone, and Stan Kessler, trumpet, look on. An audience stands on bleachers outside of the tent on the right side of the photograph. The date, "9 15 '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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Lisa Henry and the band perform

Eddie Saunders sits and plays a baritone saxophone while Tyrone Clark stands and plays double bass and Chris Clarke sits plays the keyboard. Tyrone and Chris are mostly out of the right side of the photograph. Lisa Henry, jazz singer, is possibly singing with her back to the camera. Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Bobby Watson and Gerald Dunn, saxophone, and Stan Kessler, trumpet, sit or stand in the performance tent with open sides listening. The date, "9 15 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-050.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Lisa Henry sings as Eddie Saunders and Ida McBeth look at each other

Lisa Henry, jazz singer, closes her eyes and grins as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool and looks away from the camera to look at Eddie Saunders, saxophone. Eddie stands and looks back at Ida with his right hand resting on her back. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is seated as he plays the fiddle at the back of the tent with open sides. Stan Kessler, trumpet, is seated beside and behind Claude watching the performance. The date, "9 15 '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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Band listens to Bobby Watson and Tyrone Clark play

The band watches Bobby Watson play an alto saxophone in a tent with open sides. Ida McBeth, jazz singer, sits on a tall stool in the left foreground of the photograph with her side to the camera. Claude "Fiddler" Williams sit and smiles up at Bobby. Stan Kessler sits beside and behind Claude with his trumpet held across his body. Tyrone Clark stands on the right side of the photograph playing a double bass. Chris Clarke is mostly out of the right side of the photograph seated at an electric piano. The date, "9 15 '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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Ida McBeth sings with the band in the festival tent

Ida McBeth closes her eyes and lifts her head as she sits on a tall stool and sings into a microphone she holds with her right hand. She expressively holds the fingers of her left hand up to the sky. Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits and looks down at the fiddle he is playing to accompany Ida. They are in a tent without sides. The date, "9 15 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-059.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Unidentified jazz singer performs in the tent

An unidentified African American male jazz singer holds the microphone to his mouth with his right hand inside a festival tent with open sides. The jazz singer's body mostly obscures Eddie Saunders, saxophone, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle. He wears an American Jazz Museum sweatshirt. The date, "9 15 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-052.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Eddie Saunders is surprised by Lisa Henry as Ida McBeth looks on

Eddie Saunders, holding a saxophone, opens his mouth in surprise at Lisa Henry, jazz singer, who is mostly obscured by Ida McBeth, jazz singer. Ida sits on a tall stool looking away from the camera. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is seated toward the back of the tent with open sides playing his fiddle. Stan Kessler, trumpet, is seated next to Claude. Bobby Watson, saxophone, stands farthest to the right side of the photograph playing his saxophone into a microphone. The date, "9 15 '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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Ida McBeth and Lisa Henry watch the band play

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, slightly bends his knees as he stands and looks down at the fiddle he is playing with his bow. He wears a fedora hat. Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth, jazz singers, sit on tall stools with their sides to the camera and both looking back at Claude as he performs in a tent with open sides. Stan Kessler is seen sitting behind Claude and playing his trumpet. Ahmad Alaadeen is mostly out of the right side of the photograph playing a soprano saxophone. The date, "9 15 '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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Ida McBeth sings with the band in the festival tent

Ida McBeth lifts her head and sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand as she sits on a tall stool in a tent with open sides. Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits behind her looking down at and playing his fiddle. Stan Kessler stands next to Claude playing his trumpet. Ahmad Alaadeen's face is visible behind a double bass. The double bass is Tyrone Clark's yet he is not visible in the photograph. An electric piano is on the right foreground of the photograph. The date, "9 15 '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 is happy about his 95th birthday cake

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as someone holds his 95th birthday cake in front of his chest. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147