Heaven Is a State of Mind

by Carmen Gomes

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1.	Heaven is a state of mind (C. Gomes) 04:09	buy track
2.	September (C. Gomes) 06:21	buy track
3.	I believe (P. Bjørnild / C. Gomes) 06:56	buy track
4.	Rei (C. Witmer / C. Gomes) 04:34	buy track
5.	Take it all (C. Gomes) 05:01	buy track
6.	Soulstation (H. Mobley / C. Gomes) 05:00	buy track
7.	Heard it all before (C. Gomes) 05:52	buy track
8.	You’d be so nice to come home (C. Porter) 03:46	buy track
9.	A question (C. Witmer / C. Gomes) 03:43	buy track
10.	Give all You got (C. Gomes) 01:23	buy track
11.	She has fallen (C. Gomes) 05:08	buy track
12.	Where can I go without you (Lee / Young) 05:58	buy track
13.	The sidewinder (C. Gomes) 05:04	buy track
14.	Green and blue (C. Gomes) 05:48	buy track

about

Listening back to our 2nd album, I can't help but get a bit emotional.
My good friend Peter Guidi who passed away in 2018, plays a marvelous bass flute solo on the song "September".
Peter was a friend of bassist Peter Bjørnild who brought him to the session.
It was the beginning of great friendship. Peter Guidi got me and Peter Bjørnild our teaching jobs at the MSA and was someone we could always call upon for advise on all things in music and life.

We were so full of youthful ambition back then. Listening now I think we proved that we could live up to our own expectations.
Listen to Barend Middelhoff really playing the blues on "I Believe"
Marcel van Engelen's superb work with the brushes on "Rei".
Carjan Witmer's lyric solo on "Where Can I Go".
Peter Bjørnild's cello like bow solo on "Take It All"
and Eric Vloeimans' expressive trumpet solo's on "She" and "Rei".

This album got awarded the album of the year award by Jazzmagazine Jazznu.

credits

released September 10, 1997

Recorded, mixed and mastered April 1997
at Byton Studios, Loosdrecht, The Netherlands.
Recorded by Frans de Rond.
Produced by Carmen Gomes, Peter Bjørnild and Frans de Rond.
Mixed and mastered by Frans de Rond and Peter Bjørnild.
Arrangements by;
Cajan Witmer, Peter Bjørnild, and Carmen Gomes.

Carmen Gomes - Vocals
Peter Bjørnild – Double Bass
Cajan Witmer - Grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Yamaha DX-7
Marcel van Engelen - Drums
Featuring:
Barend Middelhoff- tenor saxophone (3, 13)
Eric Vloeimans- trumpet (4, 11)
Peter Guidi -Bass Flute (2)

Photography by Bernadette Bal
Executive producer: Alexander van der Laan.

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Carmen Gomes Amsterdam, Netherlands

''Her style is bluesy and intimate with a sexy voice that's sweet as dark tupelo honey. ''
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"in her phrasing you can hear everything that the blues stands for. That is quite an achievement."Kees Polling -Trouw
The chef is Carmen herself, serving a dream-like melodic delicacy. Guy Zinger - , All About Jazz ... more

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