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During 1936 he served as vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers. Williams became the director of Commonwealth College in Mena, Arkansas, in 1937 and spent the next two years there. He also remained a member of the board of the STFU.
12/9/1936: Dedicated to you: Andy Kirk ; Twelve Clouds of Joy: instrumentalist, violin : Decca: 61542: 10-in. 1/21/1937: Honeysuckle rose: Count Basie Orchestra: instrumentalist, guitar : Decca: 61543: 10-in. 1/21/1937: Pennies from heaven: Count Basie Orchestra: instrumentalist, guitar : Decca: 61544: 10-in. 1/21/1937
In late 1936, Claude was caught by a group of planters, beaten and flogged, and sent out of eastern Arkansas with the warning that he would be lynched if he returned. In 1937, Claude, still deeply involved with field organizing of the STFU, was offered the directorship of Commonwealth College.
In 1936 Count Basie asked Williams to enlist in his Barons of Rhythm in Kansas City. Williams travelled with the band when it moved to New York and played on the band's first recordings. Then...
Jazz legend Claude “Fiddler” Williams, who for more than eight decades, contributed to and influenced the rich and broad landscape of jazz in America and beyond, joined the Count Basie Band in 1936 as a guitar player and was recognized by Downbeat Magazine’s readers’ poll as “Guitarist of the Year.”
Williams's most acclaimed job was in Count Basie's band, and while with this group in 1936, he was noted as the number-one guitarist in New York by Down Beat magazine. By the time the magazine had published its poll, Williams had given up his guitar for the fiddle, which later earned him the nickname "Fiddler."
Er war in Kansas City auch Mitglied der Bands von Eddie Cole (in dem auch dessen Bruder Nat King Cole spielte), Alphonse Trent, George E. Lee (wo er nach eigener Erinnerung Charlie Parker Nachhilfe erteilte) und 1936/7 der Vorgänger von Freddie Green in der Count-Basie-Band.
