Gerhard Aspheim

Gerhard Aspheim (27 September 1930 – 21 November 2009) was a Norwegian jazz trombonist.

Career Aspheim was a member of Norway's first trad jazz band, Dixie Serenaders, from 1949 to 1952, and a member of Big Chief Jazzband from 1952 to 1978. He launched his own orchestra, Aspheim Oldtimers, in 1979.

Aspheim was the eldest and a natural leader type. People thought he was the "Big Chief", and he was the obvious chairman of "The Big Chief Jazz Club" in the basement of Majorstuhuset (1953–65). His lectures on jazz history, which often spanned to 1930, were legendary. He also promoted the annual Norwegian Championship for amateur jazz bands (1954–1964), the Journal Jazz Society (1957–59), Kunstnerkroa (1957–60) and the Metropol Jazz Center in Akersgata (1960–65). In addition, he held several positions in the Norwegian Jazz Federation in the first five years after it was founded (1953).

Honors 2004: Ella-prisen honorary award