Sigbjorn Apeland, Lars Henrik Johansen, Per Zanussi, Oyvind Skarbo
One of the best saxophonists in the world presents himself as an absolutely unique and deeply intimate singer. Hardly ever before has an artist managed to combine two such different musical forms of expression at such a high level, and at the same time to create such a clear and coherent work. Ketil Bjørnstad
For critics, he is the figurehead of Norwegian jazz. On top of that, he is one of the few Norwegians to have been cast in the critics poll of the US jazz magazine Down Beat. He directs the influential Wibutee and the Kornstad Trio, played with Pat Metheny and Joshua Redman, and was one of the key figures in Bugge Wesseltoft's New Conception of Jazz. Håkon Kornstad's career seemed to be at its peak.