Joe Garland

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?".