Steve Allen - Plays Hi-Fi Music for Influentials

This release features 16 tracks selected from various albums issued between 1957 and 1966. Allen distributes the material fairly evenly between his own compositions and interpretations of standards by the likes of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, and Irving Berlin. As cocktail jazz goes, it's very straight-ahead (though some cuts take a bossa nova approach), and perhaps not eccentric enough to appeal to the lounge revival crowd. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide