Blues for a Reason is a 1984 album by trumpeter Chet Baker, released on Criss Cross Jazz. The Penguin Guide to Jazz highlights the album’s distinctiveness, noting its selection of lesser-known compositions, including three by Baker himself, and describes it as "an important and quietly salutary album that confounds the more casual dismissals of the trumpeter's latter-day work." AllMusic praises the unique pairing of Baker with tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh, calling it a rare collaboration that "works quite well" and ultimately deeming the album "recommended."