Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000598314 |label=Review |first=Scott |last=Yanow |accessdate=14 April 2021 }}

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic says that while all of the performances are available elsewhere, the overall atmosphere is pleasing.

{{tracklisting

| total_length = 56:43

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = 'Round Midnight

| writer1 = {{hlist|Cootie Williams|Thelonious Monk|Bernie Hanighen}}

| extra1 = Charles Brown

| length1 = 3:37

| title2 = Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most

| writer2 = {{hlist|Tommy Wolf|Fran Landesman}}

| extra2 = Houston Person & Ron Carter

| length2 = 5:11

| title3 = Everything Must Change

| writer3 = Benard Ighner

| extra3 = David "Fathead" Newman

| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = A Tribute to a Rose

| writer4 = Jimmy Ponder

| extra4 = Jimmy Ponder

| length4 = 2:16

| title5 = Blue in Green

| writer5 = Bill Evans

| extra5 = Wallace Roney

| length5 = 5:46

| title6 = Talk of the Town

| writer6 = {{hlist|Jerry Livingston|Allen J. Neiburg|Marty Symes}}

| extra6 = Houston Person

| length6 = 6:59

| title7 = Ruby, My Dear

| writer7 = Thelonious Monk

| extra7 = Hank Jones

| length7 = 3:55

| title8 = I Can't Get Started

| writer8 = {{hlist|Vernon Duke|Ira Gershwin}}

| extra8 = Warren Vaché

| length8 = 6:25

| title9 = My Ideal

| writer9 = {{hlist|Leo Robin|Richard A. Whiting|Newell Chase}}

| extra9 = Sonny Criss

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = St. Louis Blues

| writer10 = W. C. Handy

| extra10 = Johnny Lytle

| length10 = 7:02

| title11 = Imagination

| writer11 = {{hlist|Johnny Burke|James Van Heusen}}

| extra11 = Woody Shaw

| length11 = 7:25

}}

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1. "'Round Midnight"

• Charles Brown – Piano

2. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"

• Houston Person – Tenor Saxophone
• Ron Carter – Bass

3. "Everything Must Change"

• David "Fathead" Newman – Soprano Saxophone
• Marcus Belgrave – Flugelhorn
• Cedar Walton – Electric Piano
• Buster Williams – Bass
• Louis Hayes – Drums

4. "A Tribute to a Rose"

• Jimmy Ponder – Guitar

5. "Blue in Green"

• Wallace Roney – Trumpet
• Gary Thomas – Tenor Saxophone
• Mulgrew Miller – Piano
• Charnett Moffett – Bass
• Tony Williams – Drums

6. "Talk of the Town"

• Houston Person – Tenor Saxophone
• Stan Hope – Piano
• Buster Williams – Bass
• Grady Tate – Drums

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7. "Ruby, My Dear"

• Hank Jones – Piano
• George Duvivier – Bass
• Ben Riley – Drums

8. "I Can't Get Started"

• Warren Vaché – Cornet
• Richard Wyands – Piano
• Michael Moore – Bass
• Billy Hart – Drums

9. "My Ideal"

• Sonny Criss – Alto Saxophone
• Dolo Coker – Piano
• Larry Gales – Bass
• Jimmie Smith – Drums

10. "St. Louis Blues"

• Johnny Lytle – Vibraphone
• Melvin Sparks – Guitar
• David Braham – Organ
• Peter Martin Weiss – Bass
• Greg Bandy – Drums

11. "Imagination"

• Woody Shaw – Trumpet
• Kirk Lightsey – Piano
• Steve Turre – Trombone
• Ray Drummond – Bass
• Carl Allen – Drums

{{Columns-end}}

• Joel Dorn – Compilation Producer, Liner Notes
• Richard Ables – Producer (Track 7)
• Bob Porter – Producer (Track 9)
• Tony Williams – Producer (Track 5)
• Don Sickler – Producer (Track 8, 11)
• Fred Seibert – Producer (Track 7)
• Houston Person – Producer (Track 1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Michael Cuscuna – Producer (Track 3, 5)

Track information and credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Jazz for a Rainy Afternoon |others=Various Artists |type=liner notes |access-date= |year=1998 |publisher=32 Jazz Records |id=32061}}

Category:Jazz compilation albums

Category:1998 compilation albums