"[1] Pollard began her career by collaborating with other Detroit musicians, such as Billy Mitchell (and Elvin Jones, in the house band at the Blue Bird Inn),[2] Johnny Hill, and the Emmitt Slay Trio.
[4] Pollard appeared with Gibbs on an episode of The Tonight Show hosted by Steve Allen.
[6][3] Pollard also performed with John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald.
Pollard retired from her full-time music career shortly thereafter in order to raise a family, but she continued to play locally in Detroit and performed with artists including Diana Ross and The Supremes.
[5] With Terry Gibbs With Yusef Lateef With Dorothy Ashby With Don Fagerquist