Edward Bertram Garland was a New Orleans jazz

Jazz

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 string bass player. He was commonly known as "Ed Garland", and sometimes "Montudie Garland" (a nickname he disliked).

By about 1910, he was playing bass drum

Bass drum

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 with brass bands, including Frankie Duson

Frankie Duson

Frankie Dusen was a trombonist and was band leader of the remnants of Buddy Bolden's Jazz Band. He was born in Algiers, New Orleans 1878 and died in 1936 aged fifty eight. During the Great Depression he played with the era orchestra on the ship “S.S Capitol,” and later played alongside Louis Dumaine....

's Eagle Band. He then took up tuba

Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...

 and string bass (like many New Orleans bassists of the era, he doubled on the two instruments which filled similar roles in different types of bands). He played with the Excelsior Brass Band

Excelsior Brass Band

The Excelsior Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans. It was one of the earliest recognized brass bands on the New Orleans jazz scene.The Excelsior was founded in 1879 by Théogène Baquet, who led it until 1904; following this it was led by George Moret and then Peter Bocage, who led it from...

 and Manuel Perez

Manuel Perez

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's Imperial Orchestra. He joined other early New Orleans bands that played in Chicago

Chicago

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 and California

California

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, playing with Lawrence Duhé

Lawrence Duhé

Lawrence Duhé was an early jazz clarinetist and bandleader. He was a member of Sugar Johnnie's New Orleans Creole Orchestra....

, Joe "King" Oliver, and Freddie Keppard

Freddie Keppard

Freddie Keppard was an early jazz cornetist.Keppard was born in the Creole of Color community of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. His older brother Louis Keppard was also a professional musician. Freddie played violin, mandolin, and accordion before switching to cornet...

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Garland is perhaps best known as a member of the Kid Ory

Kid Ory

Edward "Kid" Ory was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. He was born in Woodland Plantation near LaPlace, Louisiana.-Biography:...

 band during the revival era, making many records and radio broadcasts.

Ed Garland died in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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