Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with a birthday cake as he stands on stage

Description

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday cake celebrating his 95th birthday. An unidentified African American man grins across the stage as he stands in the back corner with his hands behind his back. The unidentified white male keyboard player lifts his head to listen to Claude. An unidentified white woman stands at the front center of the stage behind a music stand and turns her head to smile at Claude. Three different saxophones sit on the stage in saxophone holders. Todd Bolton stands off stage holding a microphone at chest level and also turned to listen to Claude. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
February 11, 2003
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.