profiled on the TV program CBS News Sunday Morning and became the first person to be inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. He was a recipient of a 1998 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States. His last album, Swingin' the Blues, was recorded in 2000. He was 96 when he died in 2004. He was the last surviving jazz musician to have recorded before 1930. His memorabilia was donated to the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Discography Call for the Fiddler (SteepleChase, 1976) Kansas City Giants (Big Bear Records, 1980) Fiddler's Dream (Classic Jazz), 1981 Live at J's, Pt. 1 (Arhoolie, 1989) Live at J's, Pt. 2 (Arhoolie, 1989) Swingtime in New York (Progressive, 1994) Jazz Violin & Guitar Duets (Global Village, 1995) King of Kansas City (Progressive, 1996) Swingin' the Blues (Bullseye Blues, 2000) My Silent Love (Black & Blue, 2002) With Count Basie The Original American Decca Recordings (GRP, 1937–39 [1992]) References External links Claude "Fiddler" Williams Grave People from Muskogee, Oklahoma Musicians from Oklahoma 1908 births 2004 deaths American jazz violinists American male violinists Swing violinists 20th-century American violinists National Heritage Fellowship winners Jazz musicians from Oklahoma 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Oklahoma City Blue Devils members Statesmen of Jazz members Arhoolie Records artists Black & Blue Records artists SteepleChase Records artists