Abe Pollack

Skate or Die

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:21:41 +0000

5/12 – It’s been a busy few weeks; running around town, learning to skateboard, teaching lessons, playing upright, etc, etc. Last week I played two gigs with Spencer Katzman on guitar and David Aaron on tenor sax. Both shows were at the very tasty Dakar restaurant in Bed-Stuy.

March and April brought me into the studio with Joshua Sitron and his very talented group of improvisers both aural and thespian. Look out for our work on the Fox pilot, Allen Gregory, as well as the concept for a children’s show about tapeworms. Fun!

In the coming weeks I will be preparing for another tribute show with This Ambitious Orchestra, an early jazz gig with Amie Amis at Superfine, and my very own Bushwick Open Studio

Epic Jams

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:37:06 +0000

What a whirlwind weekend. I played the Good Friday service with Calvary Church, bowing some classic Bach Chorals with a full choir, cello and bass clarinet chamber group.

On Saturday we started an all-out explosion of sound recording with the band 12,000 Trees. We had 10 musicians in the live room recording a small army of percussion, guitars, synths and wind instruments. Special thanks to Mike Thies for helping with the recording and Ishlab studios for providing the space. Rough mixes coming soon.

After the recording session I headed a few blocks to a jazz gig with Amie Amis at Superfine. The room was receptive, we met Eric Dolphy’s cousin, and ate some vegan soup!

With all these fine music works I was still able to find time to have a limbo contest at the McCarren playground and check out a house show from The So So Glo’s in Bushwick. Cheers.

Welcome to my site!

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:16:11 +0000

New Year (sort of) and time for a new site. I will soon have more up to date info on shows, recordings, lessons projects that my friends doing.