[1] During this period he played with (among others) Joe Gibson, Tommy Kinsman (sax), Teddy Sinclair and (from March 1932 to October 1934) Jack Hylton.
[1] With James Moody (piano) and Bert Weedon (guitar) he was a regular broadcaster on the touring BBC radio programme Workers' Playtime between 1954 until 1958.
[9][14] He also taught drums to the guitar amplification pioneer Jim Marshall and to several celebrity variety artists, including Norman Wisdom, Anthony Valentine and Roy Castle.
[2] Abrams wrote around 50 drum and jazz tutoring books, most notably Modern Techniques for the Progressive Drummer in 1966, regarded by some as "the most comprehensive manual ever produced".
His wife died in 1979 and he moved to Eastbourne - at Delamere Court in Hythe Road[19] - taking some private pupils there until his health began to give way in 1991.