Also in demand as an accompanist, Allan has worked with over 35 International Jazz icons including Milt Jackson, Jay Mc Shann, Herb Ellis, Phil Woods, Al Cohn, Plas Johnson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Art Hodes, Barney Kessel, Urbie Green, Buddy Tate, Joe Newman, Mal.Waldren, Johnny Griffin, Scott Hamilton, Wild Bill Davidson, Urbie Green, Ronnie Scott, Charlie Bird, Ralph Sutton, Sheilah Jordan, Red Holloway, Emily Remla and Richie Cole.
In the late 1960s, Bird took an active interest in far left politics, being a member of Young Socialists.
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In this collection of documentary programmes, he visited the Amazon, the Ganges, and the Arctic.
bird | Charlie Chaplin | Bird of prey | Charlie's Angels | Important Bird Area | Charlie Parker | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Charlie Crist | Charlie Rose | Charlie Sheen | Charlie Brown | Charlie Chan | Hot Bird | Free Bird | Charlie Watts | Big Bird | Larry Bird | Good Luck Charlie | Charlie Weis | Charlie's Angels (film) | Charlie Rich | Charlie Mariano | Charlie Daniels | bird of prey | George Bird Grinnell | Charlie | bird migration | Charlie Kemp | Bird migration | Charlie Ward |
Charlie Bird Explores is the title of a series of documentary films shot by RTÉ News and Current Affairs chief news correspondent Charlie Bird, in which the reporter sets off to explore some of the most beautiful and remote places in the far corners of the planet Earth and moans about having to do so.