In the collection
2 records
Played with
Bill Finegan
2 records together
Glenn Miller
2 records together
Jerry Gray
2 records together
F. W. Meacham
2 records together
Carl Sigman
2 records together
Erskine Hawkins
2 records together
Julian Dash
2 records together
William Johnson
2 records together
Ted Heath And His Orchestra
1 record together
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
1 record together
Andy Razaf
1 record together
Traditional
1 record together
About
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for writing “In The Mood“ (Aug. 15, 1903, Norfolk, Virginia - April 21, 1977, Teaneck, New Jersey).
Garland studied music at Shaw University and the Aeolian Conservatory. He started by playing classical music but joined a jazz band, Graham Jackson’s Seminole Syncopators, in 1924, where he first recorded. He had a long run of associations as a sideman on saxophone and clarinet, with , , Henri Saparo, Leon Abbey (including a tour of South America), Charlie Skeete and in the 1920s. The 1930s saw him playing with Bobby Neal and the ; he was both a performer and an arranger for the Blue Rhythm Band from 1932 to 1936, when replaced him. Following this he played with , , and (1939-42). In the 1940s he played with and others, and then returned to Armstrong’s band from 1945-47. Following this he played with , Hopkins again, and . In the 1950s, he went into semi-retirement.