According to the Internet source given below, Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards learned violin and trombone playing both instruments with the bands of Papa Jack Laine and Ernest Giardina. In addition to music he played minor-league baseball and worked as an electrician. From 1916 to his death in New York City he played with a number of bands including Larry Shields, Tony Sbarbaro, and J. Russel Robinson.
Of ragtime interest is his Sensation Rag (1938)

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	Eddie Edwards (musician)	Biography by wikipedia.org.