Musician

Claude Williams

Born in Muskogee; learned mandolin and guitar through local family and string-band networks before becoming a jazz fiddler

Musical work

jazz fiddler and guitarist. Instruments recorded in the collection: fiddle; guitar; mandolin. Genres: jazz; swing; string band.

Direct OHS article and cited oral history support birthplace and early music context

OHS describes Muskogee birth, family and local string-band instruction, and career as jazz fiddler.