Joe Garland(1903-1977)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer ("In the Mood", "Leap Frog"), songwriter, arranger and
saxophonist, educated at Shaw University, the Aeolian Conservatory, and
the New York School of Portraiture and Commercial Photography. He was a
member of the Cosmopolitan Brass Band in Baltimore between 1920-1922,
and the Excelsior Military Band in Norfolk, Virginia between 1922 and
1929. He was a saxophonist and arranger with Louis Armstrong, and also
performed with small groups. Joining ASCAP in 1941, his chief musical
collaborators included Robert Bruce and Gilbert Mills. His other
popular-song and instrumental compositions include "The Stuff is Here",
"Harlem After Midnight", "Jazz Martini", "Congo Caravan", "Brown Sugar
Mine", "Once in Ev'ry Heart", "Keep the Rhythm Going", "Serenade to a
Savage", "Easy Go" and "What's Your Hurry?".
