{{Short description|American jazz musician (1895–1980)}} {{other people|Edward Garland}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ed Garland | image = Ed Garland 1948.jpg | caption = Garland in 1948 | birth_name = Edward Bertram Garland | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|01|09}} | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|01|22|1895|01|09}} | death_place = London, England | instrument = Double bass | genre = Jazz | occupation = Session musician | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Freddie Keppard }} '''Edward Bertram Garland''' (January 9, 1895 – January 22, 1980)<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last=Shipton|first=Alyn|title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1-56159-284-6|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=13|chapter=Garland, Ed "Montudi(e)"}}</ref> was an American jazz double bassist. He was commonly known as '''Ed Garland''', and sometimes Montudie Garland (a nickname he disliked).
== Biography == [[File:All-Star-Jazz-Band-1944.jpg|right|thumb|260px|The All Star Jazz Group, left to right: Ed Garland (bass), Buster Wilson (piano), Marili Morden (proprietor, Jazz Man Records), Jimmie Noone (clarinet), Mutt Carey (trumpet), Zutty Singleton (drums), Kid Ory (trombone), Bud Scott (guitar)]] Ed Garland was born in New Orleans on January 9, 1895. By about 1910, he was playing bass drum with brass bands including Frankie Duson's Eagle Band. He then took up tuba 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 and Manuel Perez's Imperial Orchestra. He joined other early New Orleans bands that played in Chicago and California, playing with Lawrence Duhé, Joe "King" Oliver, and Freddie Keppard. In 1916 Garland joined King Oliver and went to California. He led his own One-Eleven Jazz Band during the Depression.<ref name="Rose">Rose, Al, and Souchon, Edmond, ''New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album''. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1967, revised edition 1978, {{ISBN|0-8071-0374-8}}</ref>{{Rp|47–48|date=April 2014}}
In 1941, he was a pallbearer at the funeral of Jelly Roll Morton in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bury Jelly Roll Morton on Coast |journal=DownBeat |date=August 1, 1941 |volume=8 |issue=15 |page=13 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_down-beat_1941-08-01_8_15/page/13/mode/1up |access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref>
In 1944 Garland became best known as a member of a traditional New Orleans band that was a leader of the West Coast revival, put together for the CBS Radio series ''The Orson Welles Almanac''. The all-star band also included Mutt Carey, Jimmie Noone (succeeded by Barney Bigard), Kid Ory, Bud Scott, Zutty Singleton and Buster Wilson.<ref name="Goldin Almanac">{{cite web |url=https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Radio%20Almanac&type=Programs |title=Radio Almanac |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |access-date=April 1, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915215501/http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Radio%20Almanac |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Almanac Part 1">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart1 |title=Orson Welles Almanac—Part 1 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Almanac Part 2">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1944OrsonWellesRadioAlmanacpart2 |title=Orson Welles Almanac—Part 2 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> Renamed Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, the group then made a significant series of recordings on the Crescent Records label.<ref name="Ertegun">Ertegun, Nesuhi. Liner notes for ''Tailgate! Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band''. Good Time Jazz Records L-10 and L-11, 1953, also used for Good Time Jazz Records L-12022, 1957.</ref>
Garland appeared in the 1959 film ''Imitation of Life'', performing with Andrew Blakeney, Teddy Buckner, George Orendorf and Joe Darensbourg in the funeral sequence ("Trouble of the World") featuring Mahalia Jackson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200016319 |title=Imitation of Life |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=June 22, 2014}}</ref>
Garland died in London, England.
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.fellers.se/Kid/1944-45_Orson_Welles.html 1944 Orson Welles Broadcasts] at The Kid Ory Archive * [http://www.fellers.se/Kid/1945_Jade_Palace.html 1945 Jade Palace] at The Kid Ory Archive * [http://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-orys-creole-jazz-band-1944-1945-the-legendary-crescent-recording-sessions-mw0000272559 Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band: 1944–1945 The Legendary Crescent Recording Sessions] at AllMusic (Scott Yanow)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garland, Ed}} Category:Jazz musicians from New Orleans Category:Dixieland jazz musicians Category:1895 births Category:1980 deaths Category:American jazz double-bassists Category:American male double-bassists Category:20th-century American double-bassists Category:20th-century American male musicians Category:American male jazz musicians Category:The Eagle Band members