Personnel includes: Nestor Torres (vocals, flute); Jeison Tomi (vocals); Milton Salcedo (various instruments, piano); Andrew Sherman, Michael Colina, Camilo Valencia (various instruments); Andy Snitzer (alto & tenor saxophones); Ed Calle (baritone saxophone); Dana Teboe, John Kricker (trombone); David C. Forestier (piano, guiro); Alfredo Cevallos (keyboards, programming); Chuck Loeb (nylon guitar, electric guitar); Jorge Laboy (guitar); Pedro Guzman (cuatro); Tony Ascencio (acoustic & electric basses); Chris Parks, Rafael California Valencia (bass); Lee Levin (drums); William Edwards (timbales, percussion); Richard Bravo (guiro, percussion); Marc Quinones, Edwin Bonilla, Daniel Sadownick, Manolito Rodriguez (percussion). Producers include: Andrew Sherman, Michael Colena, Milton Salcedo, Camilo Valencia, William Edwards.
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
JazzTimes (9/01, p.84) - "...Playful and beguiling....Torres' exhilarating flute work consistently lifts the sprit."
12 Tracks. Recorded March 13, 2001.