[4][5] Campi produced many jazz recordings including "Tough Tenors” by Johnny Griffin & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, “All Smiles” by The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, and “November Girl” by Carmen McRae and The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band, all on MPS.

Years later DJ Gilles Peterson would turn "Why and How", a soul-jazz rare groove, into a dance floor smash in the 1980s and help revive Murphy's career.

[3] Jump for Joy is a Duke Ellington 1941 stage musical and Murphy opens the album singing the title tune a cappela before the band joins in and he follows with scat improvisation.

The ballad "Alone Together" is from a 1932 Broadway show Flying Colors by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz and is taken at a quick tempo featuring brushwork by Clarke and a muted trumpet solo from Jimmy Deuchar.

[1] In the review Andy Rowan writes that Midnight Mood boasts "inventive, full-bodied performances that create a feeling of cohesiveness" proving "that when the glitter is stripped away Mark Murphy is a singer of great power, depth and skill".

[11] He writes, "Midnight Mood is a must-hear recording, not just for Murphy die-hards but all lovers of vocal jazz...the 10-track album is outstandingly good on all fronts: dynamic control, time-bending phrasing, plus an immense depth of feeling.