Motivated by a desire to explore written music more deeply and alleviate the burden of improvisation, trumpeter Luís Vicente invited Gonçalo Almeida and Pedro Melo Alves to join him, bringing together three of the most promising musicians in contemporary Portuguese jazz. Following recent experiences with Hamid Drake, John Dikeman, and William Parker, Vicente returns to his elastic writing style on the album *Come Down Here*, designed for a trio comfortable with the abstract and free paths that shape his musical conception. In a constant interplay of rhythm, structure, and melody, this encounter explores extremes and repeatedly escapes conventions, both in writing and improvisation.

Trumpet, flutes, percussion: Luís Vicente
double bass: Gonçalo Almeida
drums, percussion, objects: Pedro Melo Alves