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A strange small album called The Breakthrough of Buck Hammer appeared in the later ’50s in the Jazztone label, purported to end up being the collected function of deceased Mississippi boogie-woogie pianist Buck Hammer. Hammer was in fact an alias of Renaissance entertainer Steve Allen, who composed the pieces in …

For somebody of Steve Allen’s versatility and staggering convenience of function, jazz occupied a little yet significant part of his biography. However despite his packed plan, Allen could still spin out facile, skilled, bop-and-cocktail-flavored piano in fast jazz business — nothing especially original but often pleasurable to listen to. He …