Jon Eardley (30 September 1928 – 1 April 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
[1][2] Born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Eardley first started on trumpet at the age of 11; his father played in Paul Whiteman's orchestra.
From 1946 to 1949 Eardley played in an Air Force 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 Phil Woods (1954), Gerry Mulligan (1954–57), and Hal McIntyre (1956).
In 1969 he moved to Cologne, Germany, playing there with Harald Banter [de] and Chet Baker and working through the 1980s.