1981 started a new era: The Allotria Jazz Band was invited to play at the largest festival in the world for traditional jazz in Sacramento, California, USA . The American audience could hardly contain itself. The band performed traditional jazz with a German accent and some interpretations of German composers and immediately received invitations to over 30 concert and festival tours that spanned over the next 20 years. For a long time it was the most successful band on the festival circuit of the US West coast and filled concert halls of up to 5000 listeners. In 1982 Gerhard Vohwinkel left the band and Rainer Sander took over its leadership. Dieter Lauterbach replaced Gerhard for a few years, in 1988 Colin Thomas Dawson joined the band and is to this day first trumpeter. Pit Müller became second trumpeter until 1994.
In the rhythm section there were also some changes: Between 1982 and 1987 Charlie Antolini was the drummer of the band, followed in 1987 by Gregor Beck, who is to this day still a performing member of the band. The band gradually changed its musical orientation. The influence of the intensive contacts to the American jazz scene became noticeable.