Wally Rose

piano · 1913–1997 · Oakland

A pianist born in Oakland, he played piano in Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band from 1939 to 1950 and brought a ragtime color to it. In 1953 he recorded the album “Ragtime Classics” for Good Time Jazz.

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Styles

• Ragtime
• Traditional revival

Landmark tracks

• Pine Apple Rag (1953)
• Frog Legs Rag (1953)
• King Porter Stomp (Wally Rose) (1953)
• Gladiolus Rag (Wally Rose) (1953)

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