[3] Timothy accompanied the calypso artist Lord Kitchener and was bandleader Cab Kaye's featured saxophone soloist.
Here he met the famous American jazz patron and Rothschild heiress, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, when sharing a bill with pianist Teddy Wilson.
When she opened the refurbished Studio 51, London's leading modern jazz venue, he became resident bandleader, as leader of Al Timothy and his All-Stars.
[4] He co-led the Timwu-Kee Sextet with Singaporean pianist David Wu and trumpeter Shake Keane at the Celebrity restaurant in Mayfair, a venue which became famous and hosted a broadcast of BBC radio's popular Two-Way Family Favourites.
His connection with De Koenigswarter brought him to New York in 1956, where she opened doors to the saxophonist, and introduced him to pianist Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Ernie Henry[5] On return to England he continued to work as a band leader/saxophonist and songwriter, successes included "Football Football" and "That's What Love Does For You" recorded by Edmundo Ros and David Essex.