Jon's trumpet style has been influenced by some of the legends in jazz, Roy Eldridge, Cad Anderson and Harry James to name but a few.

Jon Harpin studied trumpet and piano, graduating from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He subsequently worked free-lance in Glasgow in a variety of jazz and big band contexts, before working on cruise ships as a musician.

He has a strong interest in the music of Duke Ellington and has transcribed some of his more obscure pieces.  Jon is also an accomplished composer and has a flair for writing and arranging tunes in the style of (amongst others) Basie, Ellington and Jerry Gray.