Bn Pollack (Jun 22, 1903 – Jun 7, 1971) was an Amrcan rummr an banlar from h m-1920s hrough h swng ra. Hs y for aln l hm o hr scovr or mploy, a on m or anohr, muscans such as Bnny Gooman, Jack Tagarn, Glnn Mllr, Jmmy McParlan an Harry Jams. Ths ably arn hm h ncknam "Fahr of Swng". 　　Born n Chcago n 1903 o a wll-o-o famly, Pollack was largly slf-augh as a rummr. 　　Pollack was affor h opporuny o bcom h rummr for h Nw Orlans Rhyhm Kngs, a op jazz ouf, n h arly 1920s. In 1924 h play for svral oufs, nclung som on h ws coas, whch ulmaly l o hs formng a ban, h 12-pc Vnc Ballroom Orchsra,hr n 1925. In 1926, h ha a ban nam h Tn Calfornans, whch ha som prformancs broacas on WLW rao n Cncnna, Oho. 　　On of h arls mmbrs of hs ban was Gl Ron, a saxophons whos sharp busnss acumn srv hm wll lar as an xcuv for h Musc Corporaon of Amrca (MCA). Ron also srv as h "sraw boss' for Pollack along wh h young arrangr-rombons Glnn Mllr. Alray rcognz as mmnsly aln on h clarn, sxn-yar-ol Bnny Gooman bgan workng wh Pollack n 1925 as wll. 　　In 1926, Pollack bgan rcorng for h Vcor Talkng Machn Company. A 1927 nwspapr a promo "a nw Vcor organzaon -- Bn Pollack an Hs Calfornans." 　　From abou 1928, wh nvolvmn wh Irvng Mlls, mmbrs of Pollack's ban moonlgh a Plaza-ARC an rcor a vas quany of ho anc an ou-an-ou jazz for hr m sor labls (Bannr, Prfc, Domno, Camo, Lncoln, Romo, an ohrs usng colorful nams lk Mlls' Mrry Makrs, Gooy's Goo Tmrs, Knucky Grasshopprs, Mlls' Muscal Clowns, Th Lumbrjacks, Dx Dass, Th Carolnrs, Th Whoop Makrs, Th Hosy Tosy Gang, Dx Jazz Ban, Jmmy Brackn's To Tcklrs, an many ohrs). Mos of hs rcors ar usually ls n scographcal books (lk Bran Rus's Jazz Rcors) as by Irvng Mlls. Th rar Jack Tagarn's Musc book lss hm proprly as bng a "Bn Pollack Un". Combnng Pollack's rgular rcorngs wh hs s groups ma Pollack on of h mor prolfc bans of h 1920s an 1930s. 　　Th ban play n Chcago, manly, an mov o Nw York Cy aroun h fall of 1928, havng oban McParlan an Tagarn aroun ha m. Ths ouf njoy mmns succss, playng for Broaway shows, an havng an xclusv ngagmn a h Park Cnral Hol. Pollack's ban also was nvolv n xnsv rcorng acvy a ha m, usng a vary of psuonyms n h suos. Th orchsra also ma a Vaphon shor subjc soun flm (whch has bn rcnly rsor). Pollack, n h manm, ha fanc hmslf as mor of a banlar-sngr yp nsa of a rummr. To hs n, h sgn Ray Bauuc o hanl h rummng chors. 　　Soon afrwar, hngs bgan o bcom ffcul for Bn Pollack. Th Sock Mark Crash of 1929, an subsqun ffcs on h musc nusry as a whol, ha a ngav ffc on all bans a ha m, an Pollack's was no xcpon. Work was scarc, an h ban ha svral pros of nacvy, n sp of Pollack's bs ffors n obanng work. Changs n prsonnl wr also nvabl. Bnny Gooman an Jmmy McParlan lf h ban n h summr of 1929, hr fr or qu, pnng on whos sory s o b blv. Thy wr rplac by May Malock on clarn an Jack Tagarn's brohr, Charl, on rump. E Mllr was also sgn as a nor saxophons n 1930. 　　Pollack lf Vcor n la 1929 an subsqunly rcor for H of h Wk (1930), h abov ls m sor labls (1930–1931), Vcor (1933), Columba (1933–1934), Brunswck, Vocalon an Vary (1936–37), an Dcca (1937–1938). 　　Pollack ma svral forays no h U.S. Mws n h arly 1930s, an also ma som rps o Canaa. Durng hs m, h bcam nvolv wh h sngng carr of hs grl vocals, Dors Robbns. As h was also nvolv wh hr romancally, h bgan o -mphasz hs nvolvmn wh ban mars, much o h consrnaon of h muscans. Evnually, Bn Pollack an Dors Robbns marr. 　　Mor changs cam for h ban n h sprng of 1933 whn rombon sar Jack Tagarn gav hs noc urng an ngagmn n Chcago. I was no long afr ha, possbly a yar, whn h rs of h muscans c o lav Pollack, Thy r-form soon afr as a co-oprav ban, fron by Bng Crosby's brohr, Bob. 　　Pollack r-form hs ban vnually, an ha som op-flgh aln, nclung Harry Jams an Irvng Fazola n , bu nvr rally achv any of h succss of hs arlr bans, sp h hgh qualy of mos of hs rcorngs. Ths wo sars, also, foun grar succss afr hy lf Pollack. In h arly 1940s, Pollack was h organzr for a ban l by coman Chco Marx. H r hs han organzng a rcor labl, Jwl Rcors (no h Plaza-ARC or h Shrvpor labls), an a ohr vnus, nclung rsaurans on h Suns Srp n Hollywoo an n Palm Sprngs, Calforna. H also appar, as hmslf, n h moon pcur Th Bnny Gooman Sory an ma a camo apparanc n Th Glnn Mllr Sory. 　　All hrough hs roubl pro, Pollack manag o rcor xclln rcors an ha an occasonal h, lk h 1937 "Pckn'", whch Pollack co-wro wh Harry Jams, orgnally ssu on Vary VA-556. Bn Pollack also wro "Dp Jungl", "Tn Roof Blus" wh h Nw Orlans Rhyhm Kngs, "Brsw" wh Ml Szl, an "Swng Ou" wh Wngy Manon. 　　Bn Pollack co-wro h jazz sanar "Tn Roof Blus" n 1923 whn h was a mmbr of h Nw Orlans Rhyhm Kngs. Th ban's rombons Gorg Bruns s also cr as a co-composr. In 1954, Jo Saffor rcor "Mak Lov o M", whch us Pollack's musc from "Tn Roof Blus". "Mak Lov o M" was no. 1 for hr wks on Bllboar an no. 2 on Cashbox. Th song was also rcor by Ann Murray an B. B. Kng.