Reviews
of «Eight Tunes We Like»: «Until
now the most affecting version of Carla Bley’s Jesus
Maria was Gary Burton’s solo vibraphone meditation
from the 1976 ECM album Dreams So Real. Kornstad and
Wiik are more open with it, and harder, and even more personal.
(...) Kornstad and Wiik, young musicians from Norway, succeed
where more famous saxophonists and piano players have often failed.
They have created a duo album that is complete in its creative
realization, with no sense of missing instruments.»
(JazzTimes, USA) «When I hear Carla Bley’s beautiful Jesus Maria on the album Eight Tunes We Like, I wonder yet another time how much great music there is left to be made out there in the universe. Will it never end? (...) Kornstad has a saxophone tone similar to none, clean cut, rich and strong with a vibrato in the end (...) Wiik stands out with virituoso yet distinctive playing» (Dagsavisen, NO)
«Kornstad
and Wiik know and encourage each other in a way I’ve never
heard before in this rare constellation. They create moods and
edges that only good friends with unique talents can create. This
is rare music» (Puls.no) Confirmed
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«I think of Wayne Shorter/Herbie Hancock when I hear Kornstad/Wiik.
Not because they sound similar, but because of the authority in
their playing: The music is vulnerable, but on this level it’s
unattackable.» (Dagbladet, NO)
«These musicians’ interpretation of Carla Bley’s
Jesus Maria is despicably beautiful
- it almost hurts listening to it. Håkon Kornstad’s
and Håvard Wiik’s interplay is sart but never boring!»
(Bergens Tidende, NO)
