Eddie_Pollack

Eddie Pollack

Eddie Pollack

American jazz musician

Not to be confused with Eddie Polec.

Eddie Pollack (or Pollock) was an American jazz saxophonist.[1]

Pollack learned saxophone under Erskine Tate, and first played professionally around 1925.[1] Pollack was a fixture in many Chicago bands in the 1920s and early 1930s, playing with Detroit Shannon, Jimmie Noone, and Carl White.[1] He also performed with Ma Rainey and Al Jolson.[1] Many of the bands he played in never recorded.[1] He led various house bands in the Chicago area into the 1940s.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Chadbourne, Eugene. "Eddie Pollack". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2020.


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