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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Scamps are prepared to perform in the Blue Room

The Scamps are on stage of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. Arthur Jackson, saxophone, sits in the curve of the baby grand piano. Eddie Saunders, saxophone, sits in the center of the photograph holding an alto saxophone and listening to Rusty Tucker, trumpet, who is looking at Eddie while holding a mute in one hand and a trumpet in the other. Lucky Wesley stands behind them holding a double bass by the neck but with the neck obscuring his face. One audience member is mostly out of the photograph on the right side. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Fans of jazz music and Claude "Fiddler" Williams fill the Blue Room

The Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri is full of fans of jazz music on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday celebration. They sit around tables. The date, "2 16 '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
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Scamps perform in the Blue Room

The Scamps (Luqman Hamza playing piano, Arthur Jackson and Eddie Saunders holding saxophones and talking to each other, Rusty Tucker holding a trumpet and smiling at the camera, and Lucky Wesley playing the double bass) perform in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday celebration. The date, "2 16 '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
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Rusty Tucker of the Scamps at the Blue Room

Rusty Tucker, trumpet, of the Scamps, stands in front of the piano to speak into a microphone on the stage at the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday. Arthur Jackson, saxophone, sits in the center of the photograph. Lucky Wesley, double bass, grins as he looks at Rusty. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-093.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Fans of jazz music sit in a crowded Blue Room

The audience (both white people and African Americans) sits at tables or stands at museum exhibits in a crowded Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday. A few balloons decorate one table. The date, "2 16 '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
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a fiddle student

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles and leans to the center of the couch toward an African American boy fiddle student sitting next to him. The student is holding his fiddle and bow in playing position and looking directly at the camera. Framed posters of other musicians are on the wall behind the two.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Blanche Williams sits in the Blue Room

Blanche Williams looks to the left side of the photograph as she speaks to someone who out of the photograph. She sits in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration. The audience can be seen behind her. The date, "2 16 '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
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Fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room

Five fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. Most are looking at the stage but the woman in the foreground smiles directly at the camera.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Fiddler, mandolin player, and a guitar player perform on stage

A fiddler, a mandolin player wearing a cowboy hat, and a guitar player, stand on a stage behind microphones and perform. A keyboard and a blue drum set are behind them on stage. The backs of the heads of the audience is in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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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.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his table in the Blue Room

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at something on the table he is sitting at in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of his 93rd birthday celebration. A few audience members are visible behind him. The date, "2 16 '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
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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
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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
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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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147