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Bobby Watson helps Claude "Fiddler" Williams celebrate his 93rd birthday

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Bobby Watson holds an alto saxophone and smiles to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams closing his eyes and playing the fiddle at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, for Fiddler's 93rd Birthday Party. The head of an unidentified African American man wearing glasses is visible behind Fiddler's head.February 19, 2001Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.Bobby Watson. Claude"Fid" Williams. 93rd Birthday. Blue Room. 18 & Vine KC MO 2/19/01.
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1 Photograph : Black And White Print; 26 X 21 Cm; Image/Tiff; Image/Jpeg; Image/Jp2
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Keywords

  1. African American Jazz Musicians
  2. African Americans
  3. Blue Room (Jazz Venue)
  4. Fiddlers
  5. Jazz Musicians
  6. Kansas City (Mo.)
  7. Saxophonists
  8. Violinists
  9. Watson, Robert
  10. Williams, Claude, 1908 2004

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