The Blue Path (reissue) vinyl

A New York based fusion band that recorded during the '70s, Tarika Blue came to the attention of a more contemporary audience when singer Erykah Badu sampled them on "Didn't Cha Know." In 1974 Tarika Blue were signed to New York jazz label, Chiaroscuro Records, founded by producer Hank O'Neal. Their first album, The Blue Path, was all instrumental of soaring jazz funk, a finely crafted weapon in the armory of any self-respecting DJ or collector of jazz and funk.'The Blue Path' is regarded as one of the best jazz funk albums and it's not hard to hear why. The bravura and muscular dexterity found in the best jazz artists, balanced with the groove and funk of the finest gritty bands from across the tracks, this album is a stone cold killer from the opening note to the closing fade out.