Wally Rose - Whippin the Keys (CD)

Pianist Wally Rose was the original piano player in Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the Traditional Jazz revival of the 1940s and '50s. He also played with Bob Scobey in 1950-51, Turk Murphy in 1952-54 and spent many years as soloist in San Francisco. In 1953 Rose recorded two influential solo LPs: Ragtime Classics and Ragtime Piano Masterpieces. Rose remained active throughout the '70s and '80s. Whippin' the Keys was recorded at two sessions in 1968 and 1971. The twenty solo ragtime selections were originally issued on two Blackbird LPs (Rose on Piano, Blackbird 12007 and Whippin' the Keys, Blackbird 12010). They are reissued here for the first time.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Whippin' the Keys - Wally Rose, Goold, Sam
2. Ragtime Dance - Wally Rose, Mills, Kerry
3. Blue Goose Rag - Wally Rose, Birch, Raymond
4. The Kangaroo Hop - Wally Rose, Morris, Melville
5. Scott Joplin's New Rag - Wally Rose, Joplin, Scott
6. Rags to Burn - Wally Rose, McFadden, Frank X
7. Ragtime Oriole - Wally Rose, Scott, James
8. The Hobbie Rag - Wally Rose, Morrissey, Will
9. Cleopatra Rag - Wally Rose, Lamb, Joseph a
10. American Beauty Rag - Wally Rose, Lamb, Joseph F
11. The Lion Tamer Rag - Wally Rose, Janza, Mark
12. Peace ; Plenty Rag - Wally Rose, Scott, James
13. St. Louis Rag - Wally Rose, Turpin, Tom
14. Pastime Rag #4 - Wally Rose, Matthews, Artie
15. New Era Rag - Wally Rose, Scott, James
16. Pickles ; Peppers - Wally Rose, Shepherd, Adeline
17. Cannonball Rag - Wally Rose, Northrup, Joseph
18. Junk Man Rag - Wally Rose, Roberts, Luckeyeth
19. Elite Syncopations - Wally Rose, Joplin, Scott
20. Jamaica Jinger Rag - Wally Rose, Vanalstyne, Egbert
21. St. Louis Tickle - Wally Rose, Barney