Carl Magnus Neumann

Carl Magnus Neumann, also known as Calle (born 31 July 1944), is a noted saxophonist, considered one of the best in Norway.

Biography Neumann was born in Oslo, and started playing the flute at an early age, before picking up the clarinet, playing with different swing bands in the late 1950s. After taking hire as sailor for a few years, he returned to Oslo buying his first saxophone in 1963. Neumann received the audience award with the Quartet of Oddvar Paulsen at the Norwegian Championship in amateur jazz the same year, and from then on he became professional musician. He played rhythm & blues with Arild Wikstrom and Public Enemies in the mid-1960s (releasing a single album with Karin Krog / Public Enemies Sunny / We're gonna move to the outskirts of town in 1966) and was ranked No. 1 Alto saxophonist in the Norwegian magazin Jazznytt's favorite poll in 1967.

Neumann played in the bands of Espen Rud, like "Kråbøl", and toured with the traditional Norwegian folk musicians Nils Økland and Bjørnar Andresen in 1985. After 13 years of musical silence, he became the lead figure of "The Quintet", with the debut of the jazz club "Blå" in 1998, followed by festival engagements at Vossajazz and Moldejazz in 1999 and in Oslo 2000. The concert at Voss 1999 immortalized on cd, and he received Oslo City Art Award in 2000. From 2000, he has lived a quieter life in Risør Municipality, but has collaborated on the albums Lost Animals (2009) with Vidar Johansen Quartet and To someone I knew (2013) by Erik Wesseltoft.

With Svein Finnerud Trio 1972: Multimal (Polydor Records)

With The Quintet (including Bjørnar Andresen, Eivind Opsvik, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Ketil Gutvik 1999: 28 March 1999 (Blå Productions)

With Vidar Johansen Quartet 2009: Lost Animals (Jazzland Recordings)

With Erik Wesseltoft 2013: To Someone I knew (Normann Records)