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Williams, Claude

Identifier
NFAI.E.00008221
Preferred Name
Williams, Claude
Library of Congress Naming Authority
Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 [info:lc/authorities/names/n82065522]
Entity Date
1908 - 2004
Biography/History

Claude "Fiddler" Williams (February 22, 1908 – April 26, 2004) was an American jazz violinist and guitarist who recorded and performed into his 90s. He was the first guitarist to record with Count Basie and the first musician to be inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame.

Williams was a master artist in the Missouri Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program (now the Missouri Folk Arts Program's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program) in 1985 and 1987.

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