Tommy Pollard (1923 - 8 October 1960)[1] was an English jazz musician, a pianist, accordion and vibes player, one of the founding members of Club Eleven, and influential in the early days of British bebop.
After the war he played with Ray Ellington, with Buddy Featherstonhaugh and (on the ocean liner Queen Mary) with Bobby Kevin's Band.
Back in the UK he worked with Tito Burns, Cab Kaye, Ronnie Scott and Victor Feldman.
[3] In 1948 Pollard was one of the eleven founders of Club Eleven in Soho, along with other British bebop players: Lennie Bush, Leon Calvert, Tony Crombie, Bernie Fenton (1921-2001, piano), Laurie Morgan (1926-2020, drums), Joe Mudele, double bass), Johnny Rogers (1926-2016, saxophone), Ronnie Scott, and Hank Shaw.
[5] Pollard toured the Netherlands, then rejoined Tony Crombie, Ronnie Scott, Joe Mudele and others in the early 1950s.