"...a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger..."
- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"...a wonderful new player on the jazz scene..."
- MARIAN MCPARTLAND, host of NPR's PIANO JAZZ
"...completely formed, full of innovative insights, technical skills and lyrical nuance..."
- ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"At only 22 years of age Julian Waterfall Pollack is already extremely technically adept—but he also invests his playing on Infinite Playground, his third album, with masses of heart and soul, adding an emotional intensity that lifts this music to uncommon heights..."
- ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"...I've had the great pleasure to work with the rhythm section of Julian Pollack, Noah Garabedian, and Evan Huhges. As a trio they create a warm swinging joyous feeling that is infectious and inspiring...I had a ball playing and exploring all kinds of music with them."
- JOE LOVANO, Jazz Legend
"...not only a fine pianist, but a dynamic composer..."
- EJAZZNEWS.COM
"At 22, the Berkeley, California-raised, New York-based pianist Julian Waterfall Pollack is already making some potent and well-crafted music..."
- Peter Hum's JAZZBLOG.CA
"...Pollack often plays with seemingly impossible soul and maturity for someone so young..."
- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"...He's a fully-developed jazz pianist with a distinct voice..."
- ACCUJAZZ.COM
"...The pianist plays with a preternatural self-assuredness..."
- THE EAST BAY EXPRESS
"...this 22-year-old musical genius is a force to be reckoned with and you will be hearing his name again and again throughout the years..."
- THE MENDOCINO BEACON
"Julian Waterfall Pollack is clearly a talent deserving of wider recognition."
- ALL ABOUT JAZZ - NEW YORK
"...reminiscent of early work by French pianist Jean-Michel PIlc or Japanese keyboardist Hiromi."
- JAZZIZ
"I want to be the first to say it: Julian is a genius"
- ALBERT "TOOTIE" HEATH, Jazz Legend
"...uncannily young and astonishingly talented..."
- SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE
"...an unusually talented—and swinging—young pianist..."
- THE BERKELEY DAILY PLANET
"[Pollack] has been turning heads for a while now, because his playing is loose, confident, rhythmically assured and emotionally committed"
- THE MERCURY NEWS, San Jose
"...amazing young pianist..."
- NPR Music
"...A very gifted pianist, musically mature beyond his years..."
- EJAZZNEWS.COM
"Julian Pollack is a talented piano player and composer who glides across the keyboard creating shapes of varying angles. He is talented, confident, and open minded"
- DAVE SAMUELS, legendary jazz vibraphonist (The Carribbean Jazz Project)
"Though in his early 20s, he already has enough technique and imagination to hold attention, and he swings with the best"
- JAZZREVIEW.COM
"...young discoveries Taylor Eigsti; Kyrgystani prodigy Eldar; California ace Julian Waterfall Pollack; and Houston-bred Helen Sung"
- THE SEATTLE TIMES
"Berkeley High's recent emeriti include drummer Justin Brown, and pianists Mike Aaberg and Julian Waterfall Pollack, and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire"
- THE EAST BAY EXPRESS
