[1] As house drummer at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club he played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
[1] In the early 1970s, he took time out to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, then returned to the UK to form and lead a big band which he maintained sporadically for the next 10 years.
[1] Bermuda - Allan was the drummer in the Joe Wylie Orchestra in the late 60's / early 70's at the Hamilton Princess Hotel, backing up many International Artists from the UK and the USA.
[1] The self-effacing nature of his playing made him a perfect accompanist for pianists such as Teddy Wilson and Al Haig and for singers including Carol Kidd and Blossom Dearie.
It has been stated that, "his work in particular with the late John Dankworth and his singing partner Cleo Laine, along with American saxophonist Scott Hamilton, the pianist Brian Lemon and the singer Elaine Delmar, provided an outstanding example of inspired tact and rhythmic intelligence.