He believe in format in the matrix for his albums, keeping a consistent style and repertoire. Lou's legacy is that he was the most consistent of the 1950s honky-tonk and ragtime performers. Most honky-tonk artists of the 1950s rode the wave that he started, although the surge was inevitable for at least some of them listed here. He recorded mostly under the pseudonym of Joe "Fingers" Carr, although he used his own name on at least one pop album, and as the musical director for Alan Sherman's albums on Warner Brothers. He continued to ride a wave of success throughout the 1950s releasing several albums of genuine ragtime and honky-tonk style music into the mid-1960s. Unsupported> Born: Louis Ferdinand Busch, JSeptemPseudonym: (Joe "Fingers" Carr) Labels: Capitol Records, Warner Brothers, DOT Information: Busch was A&R man at Capitol in the late 1940s during the time when public interest in ragtime and honky tonk became evident, and both produced and contributed to the first album titled for the genre, Honky-Tonk Piano. Much of his estate was left to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and he was greatly honored as well by The Scott Joplin Festival in Sedalia, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for his often-underestimated legacy. While he was never as flashy as many of the 1950s stylists, he imbued the spirit of authentic ragtime in all of his performances. Wally was a mentor both actively and by proxy for many of the pianists who followed him. There were a few more recording dates in the 1970s and 1980s. Rose formed his own band 1956, and played successfully for many years both live and on the radio. His Jelly Roll Morton records with Murphy, on which he was equally billed, also show his propensity for the unique Morton genre. These collective tracks represent some of the best of authentic ragtime in a time of wild honky-tonk playing, and hold up well today.
In 1953 he recorded a solo effort for Good Time Jazz, as well as one on Columbia later in the year. When Watters retired, Rose went along with trombonist Turk Murphy who formed a band using some YBJB members. Rose then left for three years of Navy service, reassembling with the rest of the band for more recordings and performances at the Dawn Club from 1946 through the end of the decade. Watters also supported Wally in his desire to record piano ragtime as well, often featuring him with a simple rhythm ensemble during their sessions in 19.
Rose was tapped for Lu Watter's Yerba Buena Jazz Band in 1940, a group put together for the purpose of resurrecting and recording works from the great traditional jazz bands of the late 1910s and 1920s. He is, perhaps, most influential for his role in helping to rediscover and record ragtime piano at a time when it had long been considered dead, and for having spurred the ragtime revival of the 1950s and even 1960s. Unsupported> Born: Walter Rose, OctoJanuLabels: Jazz Man, Good Time Jazz, Columbia Records, Blackbird, Stomp Off, Solo Art Information: Wally Rose was not only born in the San Francisco Bay area, but made his reputation there and was a lifelong resident.
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