Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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: Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he enjoys a beverage and stands by a piano with an African mask on the wall behind him; 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., April 12, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle; Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle. He wears a large-checked suit jacket with wide lapels., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his fiddle as he performs; Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings of his fiddle as he draws his bow across them in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph., No date; likely 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the verso in black ink, "All Rights Reserved, Wojciech Kubik, 914 N 6th St, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, Tel (516) 488-5627."

: 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., February 19, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams moves to his music as he 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., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams moves to his music as he 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., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz; Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left side of the photograph. Joe Wilder playing flugelhorn to Claude's left. Bill Wurtzel playing guitar and mostly obscured by Joe Wilder. Earl May seated as he plays a double bass. And Benny Powell playing trombone on the farthest right side of the photograph. The date, "10 12 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., October 12, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz; Claude "Fiddler" Williams performing on stage with an incarnation of the Statesmen of Jazz with Jane Jarvis, seated at the piano on the farthest left side of the photograph. Joe Wilder playing flugelhorn to Claude's left. Bill Wurtzel playing guitar and mostly obscured by Joe Wilder, Earl May's double bass, and Benny Powell playing trombone on the farthest right side of the photograph wearing a colorful cap. The date, "10 12 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., October 12, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs at West End Gate; Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and grimaces as the plays his fiddle on the stage of the West End Gate bar in New York, N.Y. An unidentified African American man stands in the center of the stage playing a saxophone. An unidentified white man sits on the right side of the photograph turning his head to smile at Claude as he plays a jazz guitar. The West End sign is on the wall behind the stage. The chairs are empty that line the tables right up to the stage., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs in a church setting; Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on a stage in a church setting as he wears a suit of brown leather. A double bass lays on the floor on its side behind Claude. A wall of religious symbols lines the back of the stage., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler Jonathan Blake and others; An unidentified white male pianist, farthest left in the photograph, sits diagonally on the piano bench, turns his body toward the keys, and closes his eyes as he plays. Standing beside the bench, Claude "Fiddler" Williams faces center stage as he plays his fiddle. Standing at the end of the piano, an unidentified white male double bass player looks out toward fiddler Jonathan Blake standing center stage who turns his body to face Claude. Farthest right in the photograph is an unidentified white male drummer, sitting and playing as he smiles toward the piano player. Shadows of the double bass player and the fiddler at center stage are on the wall behind the combo. The backs of audience heads are in the foreground of the photograph., 1996, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the back of the photograph in blue ink, "Photo copyright 1996, Jack Vartoogian, 262 W. 107th St., #6A, New York, N.Y. 10025, 212 / 663 - 1341, No. AM 96-256-36A, Not to be reproduced without written permission, Credit obligatory / Mention obligatory."

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs on stage with fiddler Matt Glaser and others; 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., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with Frank Smith in a quartet; Frank Smith, piano, on the left side of the photograph, turns his head to looks seriously at the photographer as he plays a piano he is seated at. Behind and completely obscured by Frank is a double bass player. Center stage is Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiling as he stands and plays his fiddle while looking at the strings as he draws the bow across them. A guitarist sits on the right side of the photograph too much in the dark to recognize., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with a string band for students; African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with another, white female, fiddler, and a double bass player completely obscured by Claude, and a seated white male jazz guitarist., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with a string band 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., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with a string band for students; African American and white students sit in rows of chairs in an auditorium watching Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform with an unidentified white female double bass player and a seated white male jazz guitarist., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: 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., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams playing with a garage band; The photographer's finger is partially over the lens as the camera caught a photo of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the left, an unidentified white woman stands with her right side to the photograph as she holds two wooden baseball bats, one in each hand. Russ Long, keyboard, is seated on the left side of the band. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands next to Russ playing his fiddle. Bob Bowman stands to the left of Claude looking down at his double bass as he plays. Stan Kessler stands out front looking down as he holds his trumpet waist high, a music stand in front of him. Todd Strait sits in the back corner on the right side of the photograph playing the drums. Kim Park is farthest right in the photograph with his left side to the photographer, holding his saxophone and watching Stan. An unidentified white man stands between Bob Bowman and Todd Strait., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays along side Spencer Barefield; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, playing the fiddle, sits by Spencer Barefield, playing jazz guitar, as they sit behind two tables with beverages sitting on the tables. Two fingers can be seen strumming a double bass on the left side of the photograph., April 10, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten on the verso in black ink, "CGW & Spencer."

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays as part of a quartet during the Merging Generations Concert; Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle center stage as he performs as part of a quartet of unidentified African American male jazz musicians including baby grand piano, a double bass, and a drum set, during the Merging Generations concert in the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri., June 16, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the verso in black ink, "PHOTO BY ROSCOE CRENSHAW, 1999."

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays fiddle on stage with Russ Long at the Old Northeast Festival, Kansas City, Missouri; Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting next to Claude at the Old Northeast Festival in Kansas City, Missouri. The date, "10 16 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., October 16, 1999, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Handwritten in black ink on the verso of the photograph, "Claude. Russ Long."

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays for the other musicians in the performance tent; Ahmad Alaadeen, saxophone, stands with his back to the camera under the performance tent in the left foreground of the photograph. Across the stage, Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle for the other musicians. To his left is Gerald Dunn holding his saxophone and next to Gerald is Bobby Watson also holding his saxophone. There are other musicians standing in the circle of people but they are obscured by others. The date, "9 15 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., September 15, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his right side, plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair room at a medical institution. His instrument case is open beside him. A plant is on the dresser behind him. A television is mounted to the wall above the dresser. The bed is partially visible on the right side of the photograph. A sink area is behind and to the left of Claude. The date, "11 16 '00"," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., November 16, 2000, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair; Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his right side, plays his fiddle as he sits in a wheelchair in a room in a medical institution. His instrument case is open beside him. A plant is on the dresser behind him. A television is mounted to the wall above the dresser. The date, "11 16 '00"," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph., November 16, 2000, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle with a piano player in a living room; Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a chair playing a fiddle beside a man playing a spinet piano with his back to the camera. The piano player is on the left side of the photograph. The door to the room is behind Claude. An analog television sits on a upholstered table with an equalizer next to it on the right side of the photograph. Baggage lies on the floor in the foreground of the photograph., No date; likely 1980s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays the Jazz Church; Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the interior steps of the Jazz Church, Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, 54th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, smiling as he plays his fiddle with Jamil Nasser, double bass, playing to his right and an unidentified white male guitarist seated and playing to his left. The guitarist has his foot elevated by placing it on a trashcan on its side., No date; likely 1990s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Luqman Hamza and Rusty Tucker; On the left side of the photograph at an unidentified venue, possibly the Mutual Musicians Foundation, Musicians Local 627, in Kansas City, Missouri, 18th and Vine district, of wood paneled walls and a low ceiling, Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks to the left as he draws his bow across his fiddle. In the center of the photograph, Luqman Hamza can be seen above a Hammond B3 organ as he grins at Claude. Rusty Tucker looks over to Claude as he plays a drum set on the right side of the photograph. The upper left-hand corner of the photograph is broken off., No date; likely 1960s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections., Stamped on the verso in black ink, "Fambrough "Foto."

: Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays with Stan Kessler, Ahmad Alaadeen, Gerald Dunn, Tyrone Clark, and Chris Clarke as Lisa Henry and Ida McBeth look on; 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., September 15, 2001, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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