- Performer Various
- Title Jazz: For Absolute Beginners
- Date of release 1986
- Country UK & Europe
- Label RCA Victor
- Catalog number NL 89874, NL89874
- Other formats Vinyl, LP, Compilation
- Genre Jazz
- Size MP3 1887 mb
- Size FLAC 2823 mb
| 1 | –Paul Desmond | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face | 4:14 |
| 2 | –Charles Mingus | Tijuana Gift Shop | 3:43 |
| 3 | –Nina Simone | I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) | 4:45 |
| 4 | –Duke Ellington | The Intimacy Of The Blues | 2:55 |
| 5 | –Bud Powell | Oblivion | 2:31 |
| 6 | –Boots Brown And His Blockbusters | Double Clutch | 3:23 |
| 7 | –Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan | Yeh! Yeh! | 5:42 |
| 8 | –Sonny Rollins | St. Thomas | 3:43 |
| 9 | –Art Blakey | Moanin' | 8:15 |
| 10 | –Harold Vick | Straight Up | 2:39 |
| 11 | –Henry "Red" Allen | Let Me Miss You, Baby | 4:27 |
| 12 | –Gary Burton | General Mojo's Well-Laid Plan | 3:44 |
Shelby Flint - I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group In Jazz
Gary Burton Quartet - Duster
Lorez Alexandria - Alexandria The Great
A Industrya - Absolute Beginners
Various - The Greatest American Jazz Stars
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with The Ike Isaacs Trio featuring Harry Edison - The Hottest New Group In Jazz
Boots Brown - Boots Brown
Nat Winston - Beginners 5-String Banjo
Paul Desmond - Easy Living