Real name: Jan Bertil Allan

Effective period / Period of releases: 1970 - 1996

Swedish jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer, born November 7, 1934 in Falun, Sweden.
Jan started as a pianist, switched to the trumpet and started playing with Carl-Henrik Norin at Nalen. Soon he was in the circle around Lars Gullin, Arne Domnérus, Bengt-Arne Wallin and Jan Johansson. Allan received the Golden Record for his first solo album "Jan Allan - 70". Formed the chamber jazz trio "Trio con Tromba" together with Bengt Hallberg and Georg Riedel, and later a trio with Rune Gustafson and Georg Riedel.