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Estuary by Niklas Lukassen

From the album

Album Title: Still Waters
Label: Heartcore Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 00:54:07

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About the Album

“Estuary” is the brand new first single off of Niklas Lukassen's bandleader debut album “Still Waters ” on Kurt Rosenwinkel's Heartcore Records. With saxophonist Ben van Gelder, pianist Kit Downes and drummer Francesco Ciniglio, the track fuses captivating individualists of the jazz scenes of Amsterdam, London, Paris and Berlin. With natural improvisational flow and unafraid of intentional, suspenseful collision, the unit's interplay produces pounding waves of raw energy.

Ps. That unconventional bass sound was achieved through experimentation with synthetic gut strings on a fretless bass guitar. Sounds wild, but it worked!

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Next Single "Rainbow Surfer (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel)" out on 30.01.26. The album "Still Waters" will be released on 20.02.26 on Heartcore Records.

"Estuary" animated visualizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBjrNJ9G4rI&list=RDCBjrNJ9G4rI&start_radio=1 =

AllAboutJazz Artist page: https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/niklas-lukassen =

Niklas Lukassen website & release tour dates: https://www.niklaslukassen.com/copy-of-still-waters =

Pre-order the album "Still Waters" by Niklas Lukassen as a CD here: https://heartcore-records.com/products/still-waters =

Tracks

The Deep; Estuary; Metamorphosis; Palisade (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Geoffroy De Masure); Karma (feat. Wanja Slavin); To Climb A Mountain; Interlude (feat. Céline Rudolph); The Traveller (feat. Wanja Slavin); Brother; Rainbow Surfer (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel); Luna; Still Waters Run Deep

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Date featured

March 7, 2026

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