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Burt Bales
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Burt Bales was an American jazz stride pianist. Bales began on 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 among others, 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 with Turk Murphy, Bob Scobey, and Marty Marsala, then played mostly solo between 1954 and 1966; one of his regular gigs was at Pier 23. He recorded extensively, for the labels Good Time Jazz, Arhoolie, ABC-Paramount, and Euphonic. He experienced a bad automobile accident in the early 1960s which put him out of action for some time, returning to play at Pier 23 while getting around on crutches. The owner of Pier 23, nicknamed "Dirty Neck Jerome," was often drunk and gratuitously abusive to Bales during this period. 
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April 20th, 1917 in Ravalli County  /  Died:   Oct 26th, 1989
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