Wally Rose (October 2, 1913, Oakland, California – January 12, 1997, Walnut Creek, California) was an American jazz and ragtime pianist.
Rose was a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the pianist for Lu Watters's group, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, for its existence during 1939–50, adding a ragtime component to the group.
Following this, he played with Bob Scobey (1951) and Turk Murphy (1952–54), then did mainly solo... more
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