Birth name Eduardo J. Calle Role Musician Occupation(s) Musician, composer Genres Jazz | Instruments Saxophone, Clarinet Music group PALO! (Since 2003) Name Ed Calle | |
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Associated acts PALO!
Arturo Sandoval
Gloria Estefan
Jon Secada
Michael Bolton
Raul Di Blasio Education Florida International University Albums Plays Santana, Ed Calle Plays Santana, Twilight Similar People Arturo Sandoval, Leslie Cartaya, Kirk Whalum, Justo Almario, Boots Randolph Profiles | ||
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Ed Calle (born Eduardo J. Calle) is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arranges music. Dr. Eduardo J. Calle has served as Chairperson of Arts & Philosophy at Miami Dade College North Campus and is currently Tenured Full Professor of Music Business and Production at Miami Dade College.
During his career he was three times nominated for Latin Grammy Award. First in 2005 for Ed Calle Plays Santana, in 2007 for In the Zone, and in 2014 for "Palo! Live". Calle was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2015 for "Palo! Live".
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Controversy
In January 2017, Calle came under fire for comments he made on Twitter calling to impeach President Barrack Obama and referring to him as "The Kenyan." Aligning himself with the Birther Movement, Calle later said in a statement titled "Response to Twitter Mob" he later issued on his personal site, "that America impeach someone whose posted birth certificate has been carefully analyzed and determined a forgery by at least two independent experts...”