| Cool Paradise | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1990 |
| Genre | Jazz Smooth jazz Jazz fusion |
| Length | 47:52 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Go Jazz |
| Producer | Ben Sidran |
Cool Paradise is a smooth jazz album by keyboardist and jazz vocalist Ben Sidran, released in 1990. [1] It is Sidran's eighteenth album, and his first release with the Go Jazz label he started in 1989. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cool Paradise" | Sidran | 5:42 |
| 2. | "Lip Service" | Sidran | 3:22 |
| 3. | "If Someone Has to Wreck Your Life" | Pat MacDonald | 4:14 |
| 4. | "She Steps into a Dream" | Sidran | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Try" | Sidran | 4:17 |
| 6. | "Language of the Blues" | Pat MacDonald | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Desire of Love" | Bottini, Sidran, Telesforo | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Mort Dixon, Henderson | 4:03 |
| 9. | "So Long" | Sidran | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Walking With The Blues" | Sidran | 6:10 |
| 11. | "Searching for a Girl Like You" | Sidran | 3:11 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
Writing for AllMusic, 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.
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