CALLE STENMAN

BIO



Calle Stenman is a young trumpet player firmly determined to carve his own path. He graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 2017, and for the last couple of years, Calle has been touring all around Europe, playing everything from ska to jazz. After years spent in different horn sections, he released his first album as a bandleader in the fall of 2019, on Norwegian label AMP Music & Records. The record, Mr. Sands is in the Dressing Room, was well-received among critics both in the USA and in Europe and, it has been described as “a debut album of distinction". In the fall of 2020, Calle released his second album, America, Oh America, together with the Swedish jazz musician Oskar Schönning. America, Oh America is an album that combines the Swedish woods with the prairie sunset in a mixture of jazz and Americana. The album features the lyrics of Annika Norlin and Sara Parkman on vocals and violin.