From drummer/officer in Dræggens Buekorps – via a classical background and soloist with Harmonien as a 16-year-old – to a leading figure in Norwegian jazz. Still with a youthful curiosity and need to play with traditions that other performers can only envy. Whether he interprets Grieg, Bull and Norwegian folk tunes on "Norwegian song", a project that may remind one of a Norwegian variant of Jan Johansson's "Jazz på svenska", or his own compositions.