Although Rah is not the first album by jazz vocal giant Mark Murphy, it is the album that distinguished him as one of the finest post-bop male jazz singers. In the book Jazz Covers, legendary DJ Giles Peterson cited Rah as one of his favorite jazz albums. In addition to the complete Rah album, this edition also contains Murphy's LP Hip Parade in its entirety. On these early efforts, Murphy is accompanied by exceptional musicians such as Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, Bill Holman, Melba Liston, Urbie Green, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Barry Galbraith, George Duvivier and Jimmy Cobb, to name just a few.