Walter Roland
(1902-1972)
American singer
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Walter Roland (possibly December 20, 1902 – October 12, 1972) was an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer, noted for his association with Lucille Bogan, Josh White and Sonny Scott. The music journalist Gérard Herzhaft stated that Roland was "a great piano player... as comfortable in boogie-woogies as in slow blues," adding that "Roland – with his manner of playing and his singing – was direct and rural."
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20 December 1902 Ralph, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
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| Died |
12 October 1972 (aged 69) Fairfield, Alabama, United States
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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