...PHOTOBOOK...

  .THE EARLY YEARS [1951 - 1967]
...SOLO & MODELING IN JAPAN [1968 - 1971]
...VODKA COLLINS ERA [1972 - 1973]
...THE ARROWS ERA [1974 - 1977]
...RUNNER ERA [1978 - 1979]
...DERRINGER ERA & SOLO ERA [1980 - 1985]
...PLAYING IN THE BAND MEAT LOAF [1986 - 1989]
...ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN HBO SERIES [1989 - 1990]
...VODKA COLLINS REUNION & VARIOUS PROJECTS [1991 - 2000]
...PHOTOS - SOLO, NEW MILLENNIUM [2000 - 2008)
...NEW PHOTOS, 2009 AND BEYOND [2009 - PRESENT)

THE EARLY YEARS [1951 - 1967]

 

 

First recording, semi-pro, with the band the Savage Knights in 1965, New York City.

  

  At the beach, aged 3 or 4.
 
 

 

From the book "Born Under the Sign of Jazz",by Randi Hultin. Alan on the left, with Stan Getz's kids 1959/Norway.

  

 

The Watertower West. (left-right) Alan Merrill, Jake Hooker, Bucky Hall, Carl Peachman 1967.

 
 

 

When a young child, Alan's parents were both in The Earl Hines Band.

  

  Alan's Mother Jazz singer Helen Merrill
 
 
 

 

Young Days. With Davy Crockett coonskin cap (lower right hand side).

 

  Alan and Helen on College Avenue in the Bronx, east 170th street. 1950's.
 
 
 

  Alan and grandfather, Tugboat Captain Frank.  

  Aaron, Helen, Alan, and Aunt Margaret, back in the Bronx
 
 
 

 

1967, 60s Byrds rock hair style, and trusty red sunburst 12 string Rickenbacker.

  

  1966, photo of Alan as he looked playing at "The Cafe Wha?" in Greenwich Village New York.
 
 
 

 

One of Alan's father's early recordings-1950s "Clarinet and Co."

 

 

One of Alan's mother's early recordings-1954- "Helen Merrill and Clifford Brown "

 
 
 

 

Happy Camping! Practicing a Glam Rock pose.

  

  Alan and Father...1950's. Claremont Park, Bronx New York.