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Within Vinony's link graph, Håkon Kornstad is referenced by 53 other articles, and connects out to Oslo, jazz and Bergen.
It sits within the topics 1977 births, 20th-century Norwegian male musicians and 20th-century Norwegian male singers.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1977-04-05
Discography
- Eight Tunes We Like2005
- The Bad and the Beautiful2006
- Single Engine2007
- Maryland2008
- Elise2008
- Dwell Time2009
- Symphonies in My Head2011
- Tenor Battle2015
- Out of the Loop2020
- Velvet Curtains2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,238
- Total plays
- 153,817
Tags
Håkon Kornstad is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist best known for his solo project, where he layers saxophone with a loop machine and creates spontaneous compositions. His playing is inspired by saxophonists like Stan Getz and fellow Norwegian Jan Garbarek, but also contemporaries such as Mats Gustafsson. In 2009 he discovered opera at the Met in NYC, and decided to start taking singing lessons, resulting in a rather special turn for his career. In his own ensemble he now combines Scandinavian jazz
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Håkon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Oslo
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Award
- Buddyprisen
- Genre
- electronica
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Record label
- Jazzland Recordings
- Official website
- www.kornstad.com
- Image
- Håkon Kornstad Nasjonal Jazzscene 2018 (205143).jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Håkon Kornstad
- date of birth
- 1977-04-05
- social media followers
- 1918
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