Stride (bass notes on 1 and 3, chord accompaniment on 2 and 4, all in the left hand) is the common accompaniment in ragtime, and is also a very common technique

Stride (bass notes on 1 and 3, chord accompaniment on 2 and 4, all in the left hand) is the common accompaniment in ragtime, and is also a very common technique used in jazz for solo pianists. In jazz you might vary it up some more, mixed in with some voice leading in the comping and some walking bass lines, but anyways, while ragtime might not be jazz, they do have some common language.