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After the Rain is a jazz album by John McLaughlin, released in 1995 on Verve Records. The album reached number 9 in the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart 1995. It features organist Joey DeFrancesco and veteran drummer Elvin Jones.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated:”In the early ’70s John McLaughlin was one-third of the supergroup Lifetime with drummer Tony Williams and organist Larry Young. This particular CD from 1994 matches him with drummer Elvin Jones and organist Joey DeFrancesco, but the music has little in common with Lifetime. Instead many of the tunes can be considered to be tributes to John Coltrane; Jones’s participation certainly reinforces that connection. McLaughlin, back on electric guitar after several years sticking almost exclusively to acoustic, is in top form on such numbers as “Take the Coltrane,” “My Favorite Things,” “Crescent,” and “Afro Blue.” The improvising is advanced and colorful with DeFrancesco keeping the proceedings swinging, and even if the results are not quite classic, the collaboration is somewhat unique.”

Track listing
“Take the Coltrane” (Duke Ellington) – 6:01
“My Favorite Things” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 6:16
“Sing Me Softly of the Blues” (Carla Bley) – 6:31
“Encuentros” (John McLaughlin) – 7:32
“Naima” (John Coltrane) – 4:43
“Tones for Elvin Jones” (John McLaughlin) – 6:34
“Crescent” (John Coltrane) – 7:41
“Afro Blue” (Mongo Santamaría) – 6:54
“After the Rain” (John Coltrane) – 4:54

Personnel:
John McLaughlin – guitar
Joey DeFrancesco – Hammond organ
Elvin Jones – drums

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Released: 1995
Recorded: December 4 and 8, 1994
Length: 57:06
Label: Verve
Producer: John McLaughlin