Asbjørn Erlend Lerheim (born 28 April 1977 in

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) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and music educator.

Career

Lerheim was raised in

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county, but has been based in Oslo since 1996. He is a graduate of music at Fagerlia upper secondary school, and executed further studies at Viken folkehøgskole,

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and the

Norwegian Academy of Music The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the ...

. As college/university lecturer, he teaches inter alia, at the University of Oslo and the Fjellhaug Internasjonale Høgskole. Lerheims has numerous recordings on his shoulders, the two main projects is with the band

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, as composer and baritone guitarist with

Jørgen Munkeby Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known as the frontman in the band Shining (Norwegian band), Shining ...

(saxophone),

Torstein Lofthus Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norway, Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining (Norwegian band), Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege ...

(drumes) and

Roger Arntzen Roger Arntzen (born 3 June 1976) is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from playing in bands like In The Country, In the Country (trio), In The Country, In the Country with Knut Reiersrud and Solveig Slettahjell, Ballrogg, Chrome Hill (band), Chrome ...

(upright bass), and in collaboration wit Lisa Dillan in the duo Quite Quiet Project, where they re-interprets material known from Elvis Presley's performances. On the duo's first album ''Love me tender – The Quite Quiet Way'' and by a variety of live performances, with contributions by several members of Presleys

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. As jazz musician has Lerheim toured in several European countries as well as in Zimbabwe, Nepal and Japan. He received Statens kunstnerstipend by the Norwegian government and allocations by the Fond for utøvende kunstnere in Norway.

Discography

;With o j trio *2001: ''Breaks Even'' (OJCD 01) ;With Damp/Chrome Hill *2003: ''Mostly Harmless (Songs)'' (Aim Records AIMCD 110) *2005: ''Hoatzin'' (Aim Records AIMCD 110) *2008: ''Earthlings'' (Bolage BLGCD007) *2013: ''Country Of Lost Borders'' (BLGCD020) ;With Subtonic *2004: ''In This House'' (Aim Records AIMCD 106) ;With Lisa Dillan *2012: ''Love Me Tender-The Quite Quiet Way'' (KKV FXCD377) *2015: ''Change Of Habits'' (KKV FXCD411) ;With Suzy&2 *2013: ''In Kathmandu'' (MUSIC NEPAL LTD.)

References

External links

Lisa Dillan & Asbjørn Lerheim - Separate Ways
at YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Lerheim, Asbjorn Erlend Norwegian jazz guitarists Norwegian jazz composers Norwegian male jazz composers 20th-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian guitarists Norwegian Academy of Music alumni Musicians from Langevåg 1977 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian male musicians 21st-century Norwegian male musicians Chrome Hill (band) members