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Album Review

Luis Vicente: Come Down Here

Read "Come Down Here" reviewed by John Sharpe


Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente hits pay dirt with Come Down Here. Although he explores a range of styles from poised but unfettered outings such as Chamber 4 (FMR, 2015) and For Sale (Clean Feed, 2015), to fire music collaborations with the likes of tenor saxophonist John Dikeman on House In The Valley (Clean Feed, 2023), the free bop here perhaps plays to his strengths best of all. Simple themes offer abundant inspiration, allowing him free rein for a melodicism that ...

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Album Review

Luis Vicente Trio: Come Down Here

Read "Come Down Here" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The Luis Vicente Trio's Come Down Here is a bold exploration of free jazz that morphs pure improvisation with hints of conventional structure. While it may not aspire to be a masterpiece, it offers an engaging and often exhilarating journey into the unpredictable realms of spontaneous musical creation. From the opening notes of the title track, Vicente's trumpet leads with fearless energy, charting a course through uncharted sonic territories. He is joined by Gonçalo Almeid on bass and ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio

Read "Luis Vicente, Roberto Ottaviano, Fujii/Tamura & The Who Trio" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


New releases abound this time out, including : two from Clean Feed and both excellent--trumpeter Luis Vicente's Come Down Here & Italy's soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Lacy In The Sky With Diamonds ( a tribute to Steve Lacy, not The Beatles); Polish saxophonist Irek Wojtczak's own tribute to a town where he grew up; trumpeter Michael Sarian's Live at Cliff Bell's; Trombonist Ed Neumeister covering tunes of his youth; Italian pianist Enrico Pieranunzi in concert with his group Hindsight; the ...

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Album Review

Luis Vicente 4tet: House In The Valley

Read "House In The Valley" reviewed by John Sharpe


Portuguese trumpeter Luis Vicente wrote the four compositions which make up House In The Valley during lockdown. His intention was to evoke childhood memories of times at his grandparents' rural house. Judging from the outcomes there must have been a lot of '60s American New Thing on the turntable at the time. In particular the way the group realizes Vicente's melodies recalls Don Cherry's outings from that period such as Complete Communion (Blue Note, 1966) and Symphony For Improvisers (Blue ...

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Album Review

Luís Vicente 4tet: House In The Valley

Read "House In The Valley" reviewed by Mark Corroto


There is a synergy in simplicity and, with the Luís Vicente 4tet, a simplicity which comes from the synergistic effects of this unpretentious quartet. The four musicians--Portuguese composer, leader & trumpeter Luís Vicente, Dutch drummer Onno Govaert, and the Americans, tenor saxophonist John Dikeman and bassist Luke Stewart--assembled for a series of concerts in Portugal in 2021. This recording was captured in Caldas da Rainha on July 19th. The simplicity here is the same honesty we hear in the early ...

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Album Review

João Valinho / Luís Vicente / Salvoandrea Lucifora / Marcelo dos Reis: Light Machina

Read "Light Machina" reviewed by John Sharpe


For discerning listeners, the presence on an album of the Portuguese double act of trumpeter Luís Vicente and guitarist Marcelo dos Reis is a near guarantee of excellence. They've appeared on a whole series of top drawer releases including Points (Multikulti Project, 2019), Chamber 4 (FMR, 2015) and For Sale (Clean Feed, 2015). To that roster can be added Light Machina, where they join countryman drummer João Valinho and Sicilian trombonist Salvoandrea Lucifora, in a freely improvised concert from Coimbra ...

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Album Review

Chamber 4: Dawn To Dusk

Read "Dawn To Dusk" reviewed by John Sharpe


The third album from the French-Portuguese collective Chamber 4 might be the aural equivalent of comfort food. A nourishing feast of spontaneous communal navigation which slips down easily, but leaves you wanting more. Not that there's any attempt to replicate past glories from their eponymous debut (FMR, 2015) or City Of Light (Clean Feed, 2017). Instead the unchanged cast of trumpeter Luis Vicente, guitarist Marcelo dos Reis and the brothers violinist Theo Ceccaldi and cellist Valentin Ceccaldi once ...


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