Wally Rose
Wally Rose
Latest Release
- Cakewalk to Lindy Hop
- April 2025
- • 12 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | That Lindy Hop | ||
| 2 | Truckin' | ||
| 3 | Doin' the New Low Down | ||
| 4 | Doin' the Raccoon | ||
| 5 | The Varsity Drag |
Albums
Sep 2015 • 12 songs
Jan 2008 • 21 songs
Jan 1953 • 12 songs
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Biography
Wally Rose's most famous recording was "Black and White Rag," cut with the Yerba Buena Jazz Band in 1941, one of the first ragtime recordings and quite influential in launching a mini-ragtime revival. An important player in the San Francisco jazz scene of the 1940s and 50s, Wally Rose was with Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band during its entire existence (1939-1950), and then worked with Bob Scobey (1951) and Turk Murphy (1952-1954) before having a career mostly as a solo pianist. He recorded as a leader for Jazz Man (1941-1942), Good Time Jazz (several sets including a 1958 L...