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 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
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Clark Terry, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Buddy Tate, and others perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival

Clark Terry, flugelhorn, Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, Buddy Tate, saxophone, and others including a drummer and a trombone player, perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival to a crowded venue.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Rod Fleeman and Claude "Fiddler" Williams on stage at the National Folk Festival

Rod Fleeman, guitar, stands looking to the right of the photograph as Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks straight out toward the audience and plays his fiddle during the National Folk Festival. A banner running along the stage edge can be partially read, "National Folk Festival. Stage Presented byߪThe Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga. Always Coca-Cola."
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Joe Cartwright leans over the keyboard as he performs with a band at the Levee

Joe Cartwright, keyboard player, leans over the keys and looks to his right as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the right side of the photograph, partially out of the photograph, with his fiddle tucked under his left arm. Larry Holloway can be seen at the back of the stage in a blur, playing a double bass.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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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.
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 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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Larry Holloway, on the bass, and Richard Ross, singing, perform at the Levee

Richard Ross stands and smiles as he sings into a microphone he is holding in his left hand. Larry Holloway is playing the double bass behind Richard as they perform at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. An unidentified man's head is on the left side of the photograph, possibly a person from the audience.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Richard Ross smiles at the audience as he performs with a band at the Levee

Richard Ross, jazz singer, smiles at the audience as he stands behind a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The back of the keyboard player is in the foreground of the photo and the bass player stands behind the keyboard player.
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
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-134.png
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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The seated audience claps along

A seated audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, claps along enthusiastically at a concert of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and a band who are out of the photograph.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Richard Ross sings into a microphone at the Levee

Richard Ross stands and speaks into a microphone from the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The unidentified African American drummer, double bass player, and keyboard player that are accompanying him are mostly out of the photograph. A part of the audience is visible beyond the drum set.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with the band behind him and audience in front of him

In a photograph from the side of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the edge of the stage playing his fiddle and facing the seated audience. The back of the unidentified African American keyboard player is to the photographer. An unidentified African American double bass player stands behind Claude with his side to the photographer.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147
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From the side of the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward and enthusiastic audience

In a photograph from the side of the stage, at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward the audience on the edge of the stage playing his fiddle. The back of the unidentified African American keyboard player is to the photographer. The audience is clapping and smiling.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0147