As house drummer at Ronnie Scott's club he played with numerous leading American jazzmen, including Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
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The self-effacing nature of his playing made him a perfect accompanist for pianists as different as Teddy Wilson and Al Haig and for singers from Carol Kidd to Blossom Dearie.
They include the Vic Lewis Orchestra from 1953–57, the Ronnie Ross-Allan Ganley Jazzmakers, touring North America with them in 1959, and, from 1960-65 he was with the John Dankworth Orchestra.
Edgar Allan Poe | Gary Allan | Allan Holdsworth | Allan Ramsay | Allan Cunningham | Max Allan Collins | Allan Sherman | Allan Ramsay (artist) | Allan Moffat | Allan Cunningham (botanist) | Allan Border | Mitch Allan | Allan Octavian Hume | Allan Kaprow | Allan Harris | David Allan Coe | Bethwell Allan Ogot | Allan Cup | Ted Allan | Lucy Allan | Edgar Allan Poe's | Allan Williams | Allan Warren | Allan Vogel | Allan R. Bomhard | Allan Quatermain | Allan McCollum | Allan Heinberg | Allan Ball | Allan Arbus |
Other musicians he has played and recorded with include Peter King, Jim Mullen, Dick Morrissey, Trummy Young, Clark Tracey, Allan Ganley, Alan Barnes, Len Skeat, Bobby Orr, Charly Antolini, and Alec Dankworth.