''Cool Paradise'' is a
smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s.
History
Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 19 ...
album by
keyboardist and
jazz vocalist
Vocal jazz or jazz singing is an approach to jazz using the voice.
Vocal jazz emerged in the early twentieth century, with its roots in Blues. Popular blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey had a great deal of influence of jazz vocalis ...
Ben Sidran, released in 1990. It is Sidran's eighteenth album, and his first release with the
Go Jazz label he started in 1989.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
*Arrangement
Billy Peterson
Billy Peterson (born as Willard Peterson, in Minnesota) is an American bass player, songwriter, composer, session musician and producer. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, Peterson started with music at a very young age. Billy is b ...
*Lead vocalsBen Sidran
*Background vocalsRicky Peterson
*Bass
Billy Peterson
Billy Peterson (born as Willard Peterson, in Minnesota) is an American bass player, songwriter, composer, session musician and producer. Growing up in a family of professional musicians, Peterson started with music at a very young age. Billy is b ...
*KeyboardsRicky Peterson, Ben Sidran
*Tenor saxophoneBob Malach
Support
*Recording and mixingSteve Wiese at Creation Audio, Minneapolis, MN
*MasteringGeorge Marino at Sterling Sound, New York
*Additional recordingJohn "Chopper" Black
*Art directionToni Eckmayer, Zillman Advertising & Marketing
*DesignPlanet Design Company, Madison, Wisconsin
Reception
Writing for
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
, Jim Newsom declared ''Cool Paradise'' to be Sidran's "most fully realized recording"; complimenting his working band, audio clarity, Sidran's "cool and relaxed" voice and his "compelling" compositions. He concludes "it's surprising that Sidran hasn't become better known in pop and contemporary jazz circles" for such material.
References
External links
Album on AmazonAlbum on Apple iTunesAlbum on CDUniverseAlbum on MSN MusicAlbum on Paris Jazz Corner (English)Album on Yahoo! Music
{{Authority control
Ben Sidran albums
1990 albums