Allan Browne founded the Red Onion Jazz Band in 1960, with tours of Europe in ’67 and ’69, including appearances at the Polish and Hungarian International Jazz Festivals. Lead the contemporary group Onaje (Appearances at Montreal Festival 1993),worked for 20 years in the Paul Grabowsky trio, (2 Aria awards),while accompanying many international musicians such as Phil Woods, Herb Ellis, Milt Jackson, Barney Kessell, Mal Waldron, Urbie Green, Jay Mc Shann and Johnny Griffin.

Currently Allan is leading his Australian jazz band,his quintet , and in collaborative trios with Nick Haywood, Andrea Keller, Tamara Murphy, Eugene Ball, Jex Saarelaght, Shannon Barnet, Steve Grant, Sam Anning, Mark Hannarford, and Aaron Choulai. 

His life in music is documented on some 80 cds and albums(eight shorlisted for Arias)and in 2000 he received the Australia Council’s Don Banks music award.Allan also won three Bell Australian Jazz awards, the last one for his Newmarket Dvd/Cd “Five Bells” He has just completed a new quintet cd [on Jazzhead], inspired by A.Rimbaud’s poem, “The Drunken Boat”. Allan is currently chair of the Melbourne Jazz Co-op.