Burt Bales
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Burt Bales
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Burton Franklin Bales was an American jazz stride pianist. Bales began to play piano at age twelve, and played in hotels and nightclubs in California in the 1930s. He played regularly in San Francisco in the 1940s, with Lu Watters's Yerba Buena Jazz Band, but was drafted in 1943 and only recorded with that group on one brief session with Bunk Johnson. He was discharged for myopia and led his own band from 1943 to 1946 before taking an extended residency at San Francisco's 1018 Club. He played wi
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American musician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bales
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2024-04-11T08:42:11Z
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