Burt Bales

Overshadowed over time by his contemporary, Wally Rose, Burt Bales was a talented stride and ragtime pianist in his have right. He began playing piano when he was 12 and proved helpful in California within the 1930s in a variety of resort and dance rings. Bales became area of the 1940s SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA jazz motion when he began using Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Music group, but he was shortly drafted (1943) rather than officially recorded using the group (apart from a session where they were became a member of by Bunk Johnson). Poor eyesight led to his discharge through the assistance, and Bales led a music group during 1943-1946 before getting the single pianist in the 1018 Golf club in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for quite some time. After stints with Turk Murphy (1949-1950), Bob Scobey, and Marty Marsala, Bales mainly performed like a single pianist (1954-1966), frequently at Pier 23 in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. Although he spent an interval beyond music dealing with consumer electronics, Bales was energetic on a minimum of a part-time basis until near his loss of life. Bales recorded like a leader once and for all Period Jazz (1949-1950), Arhoolie, ABC-Paramount, Euphonic (1975), and in a pickup group for the Sacramento Jazz Culture.