Jon Eardley (September 30, 1928 – April 1, 1991) was an American

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trumpeter.Frederick A. Beck, "Jon Eardley". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''.

Life and career

Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Eardley first started on trumpet at the age of 11; his father played in

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's orchestra. From 1946 to 1949 Eardley played in an

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band in Washington, D.C., then led with his own quartet in D.C. from 1950 to 1953. He moved to New York City in 1953, playing with

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(1954),

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(1954–57), and

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(1956). Following this he returned to his hometown and played there until 1963, when he moved to Belgium. In 1969 he moved to Cologne, Germany, playing there with and

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and working through the 1980s. The last years before death he played in the

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Big Band Cologne, Germany. He died in Lambermont, near Verviers, Belgium.

Discography

As leader

* ''The Jon Eardley Seven'' (Prestige, 1956) * ''Two of a Kind'' with

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(Spotlite, 1977) * ''Namely Me'' (Spotlite, 1979) * ''Stablemates'' with Al Haig (Spotlite, 1979)

As sideman

With

* ''California Concerts'' (Pacific Jazz, 1955) * '' Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet'' (EmArcy, 1955) * '' Mainstream of Jazz'' (EmArcy, 1956) * ''A Profile of Gerry Mulligan'' (Mercury, 1959) With others *

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, ''What's New?'' (Columbia, 1956) *

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, ''Body and Soul'' (Munich, 1970) * Airto Moreira, ''Misa Espiritual: Airto's Brazilian Mass'' (Harmonia Mundi, 1983) *

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, ''Apartment Jam Sessions'' (Zim, 1977) *

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, ''Reflections'' (Mood, 1984) *

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, ''Choice'' (Pacific Jazz, 1961)

References

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