Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

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...

Blanche Williams sits on the floor with wall-to-wall carpet and leans on one hand in front of a decorated Christmas tree. An antique chair is next to the tree. She wears a denim jumpsuit.

Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat with her legs out of the door of a red vehicle with a red interior and white seats. She looks seriously down at the camera.

Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat with her legs out of the door of a red vehicle with a red interior and white seats. She looks toward the back of the car.

Blanche Williams smiles at the camera as she holds a large bouquet of long-stemmed roses with greenery and babies' breath. A china cabinet is behind her. The date, "5 13 '00,"," is imprinted by the...

Blanche Williams stands outdoors against a cement wall between a body of water and a sidewalk and smiles at the camera while her right hand rests on the wall.

Blanche Williams stands in next to a large illustrated graphic art piece of New York tourist sites from a bird's eye view. A large floral arrangement sits on a table in front of the picture. The art...

Blanche Williams stands on the sidewalk in New York City and grins at the camera as a white limousine is parked behind her. A bus advertising The New York Times is in the next lane.

Blanche Williams walks behind a red Cadillac with a white roof. The license plate might say "Fouse." A person is mostly out of the photograph on the right side of the photograph.

In a double photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams' promotional photograph on the left of him holding up his fiddle with the body on a table he is seated at and the neck held beside his face as he...

Bob Bowman, electric double bass, and Rod Fleeman, guitar, grin across the stage at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as they perform on either side of Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Rod's left side is to the...

Bob Bowman, electric double bass, grins across the stage at Rod Fleeman, guitar, whose right side is to the camera as he bends halfway over toward Claude and Bob, as they perform on either side of...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, sits up straight and turns his head toward center stage as he laughs. His body is obscured by a monitor sitting on the edge of the stage. Claude "Fiddler" Williams...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and smiles as he stands center stage playing his fiddle at the White House in Washington, D.C. on the occasion of providing music for tap-dancing masters...

Bucky Pizzarelli crosses his legs bends slightly as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He looks down at the fret board. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is standing center stage smiling as he turns to watch...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, looks up at Claude "Fiddler" Williams as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage. Claude stands at the microphone...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and looks down at his guitar and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Keter Betts...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits, smiles toward Claude, and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Keter Betts...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Keter Betts, double bass. Claude stands...

Bucky Pizzarelli crosses his legs as he sits and plays jazz guitar. He looks to his left at the other two on the stage play. Claude "Fiddler" Williams is standing center stage with his back to the...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Keter Betts, double bass. Claude stands...

Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz guitar, is partially obscured by a monitor on the edge of the stage, as he sits and performs with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Keter Betts, double bass. They are...

Charlie Gabriel and Claude "Fiddler" Williams stand together smiling off to the left side of the photograph in an auditorium in a school. Bill's saxophone hangs from his neck by the strap and Claude...

Charlie Gabriel holds his saxophone with his right hand as he grabs the right hand of Claude "Fiddler" Williams with his left hand. Charlie turns his head to smile at the camera as Claude looks...

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.