“The September issue of Modern Drummer magazine featured a What Do You Know About… article on New Orleans drummer Allyn Robinson.  In 1979 Allyn formed a band with former C. C. Rider musical director Charlie Brent and legendary Louisiana singer Luther Kent called Trick Bag. Allyn’s ease at handling a large band with horns is obvious in the YouTube video “Jazz excursions with Luther Kent and Trick Bag.”  Every major artist that appeared in New Orleans over the next five years came to hear or sit in with this incredible band.”  Modern Drummer On Twitter September 10, 2012

Click here to read Allyn’s Modern Drummer Article.

Allyn hosted a two-day career retrospective, master class and concert at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, in October 2011. 

Allyn discussed his years growing up and playing in New Orleans, his life-changing tenure with Wayne Cochran and The C.C. Riders, his musical partnership with legendary electric bassist Jaco Pastorius.  Allyn showcased his 2011 recording Full Circle, a compilation of classic R&B and New Orleans grooves. The Rollins concert featured two esteemed alumni from the Wayne Cochran band: Allyn and guitarist Harry Hann, plus musical arranger and bassist, Chuck Archard.

Not long after their classic concert at the Fillmore West, the Cochran band took residence at the famed Columbia Studios in San Francisco to record the seminal album, Cochran, for EPIC Records.  The record received critical acclaim and was awarded 5 out of 5 Stars by Downbeat Magazine in September 1972.  Allyn brought his brand of greasy New Orleans R&B to the band as can be heard on the classic tune "Somebody’s Been Cuttin’ In On My Groove."