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Palisade 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

During the process of selecting repertoire for my band leader debut album "Still Waters", I wanted to choose pieces that carried special memories and marked various stages of my artistic journey thus far. I stumbled across a rehearsal recording from when I was 18 years old on my phone of “Palisade” with Kurt Rosenwinkel, who I learned from as he was leading and playing in his Jupiter Ensemble at the Jazz Institute in Berlin. "Palisade" was one of my first jazz compositions and my first draft was rhythmically quite a bit simpler from the version on Still Waters. Kurt Rosenwinkel, as well as Geoffroy de Masure (who guests on trombone and who taught me about odd time rhythms) both guided me through my first steps of formulating a voice as a jazz composer and I am thrilled, that they're both on this recording, as they directly influenced the piece.

"Palisade" also includes my core quartet of Ben van Gelder on alto saxophone, Kit Downes on piano and Francesco Ciniglio on drums.

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

April 24, 2026

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