* Jan 9, 1895 New Orleans, La.
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As a brass band musician he played with: Eagle, Excelsior, Security Brass Band

He was an active drummer at the age of 13. Worked with Frankie Duson's Eagle Band, 1910 on bass drum, and with the Excelsior Brass Band on tuba. In 1911 he was with Perez' Imperial Orchestra on string bass. On those year he regularly played with Joseph Petit's Security Brass band. He left New Orleans in 1913 and worked with Lawrence Duhé at the Deluxe Cafe, then with Freddie Keppard, Manuel Perez. In 1916 he joined King Oliver for a five-year hitch which took him to California. In the early forties he participated in the Kid Ory-led revival.16

In Don Marquis's book "In search of Buddy Bolden" he mentioned that Ed Garland was born before 1890 on South Basin Street.5,p79

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Sources (brassband history):
5 In search of Buddy Bolden by Donald Marquis
16 New Orleans Jazz, family album by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon