Illinois Jacquet and Claude "Fiddler" Williams shake hands

Description

Illinois Jacquet and Claude "Fiddler" Williams laugh as they shake hands and turn to face the camera on stage, most likely at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest rehearsal. Claude wears a ball cap from Washington D.C. and is casually dressed. Jacquet is dressed in a checked, double-breasted suit jacket. A drum set is visible behind Illinois.
July 17, 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 Williams & Illinois Jacquet."