He has toured Europe and this country and played at all the leading jazz clubs such as the Pizza Express, The 100 club, The Marquee, The Cavern Club etc and was resident at Mecca ballrooms such as the Royal in Tottenham. Has appeared on ITV and BBC TV and played many universities and theatres and was resident at the "Prospect of Whitby" for 8 years.
Recorded singles for the Decca, Ember and Riverside labels and reached the top 20 in Japan with the Decca single "True Blue".
Frequent broadcasts on BBC Radio 2 "Jazz Club" brought him to a wider audience.
Has appeared in variety shows and for royalty at the Victoria Palace Theatre and was the first jazz band to play a summer season at Butlins. Over the years, private functions like weddings and anniversaries and corporate dates have been a feature of the work done by the band and Alvin can provide a variety of combos ranging from a two piece band up to a septet. Through Alvin, you can book a band that plays New Orleans/Dixieland jazz to a more modern swing/mainstream style, playing standards from the great American song book from composers such as Berlin, Porter, Ellington, Gershwin etc.
His band, "Reeds Unlimited", frequently appear at various venues around Oxford and was one of the bands that appeared at the Witney Jazz Festival where he played with American jazz legends, Scott Hamilton and Bob Wilber.