Eddie Pollack

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]