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.

Tracklist:

Whippin' the Keys
Ragtime Dance
Blue Goose Rag
Kangaroo Hop, The
Scott Joplin's New Rag
Rags to Burn
Ragtime Oriole
Hobbie Rag, The
Cleopatra Rag
American Beauty Rag
Lion Tamer Rag, The - (previously unreleased)
Peace & Plenty Rag
St. Louis Rag
Pastime Rag #4
New Era Rag
Pickles & Peppers
Cannonball Rag
Junk Man Rag
Elite Syncopations
Jamaica Jinger Rag
St. Louis Tickle

UPC: 038153024826
Label: Delmark
Release Date: 4.22.08
Format: CD

Wally Rose - Whippin the Keys (CD)