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'''James Ronald "Jim" Horn''' (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimhornmusic.com|title=Welcome to the Official Site for Jim Horn, legendary sax player with The Beatles, John Denver and Garth Brooks among countless others : BIO|website=Jimhornmusic.com|accessdate=25 January 2018}}</ref>
'''James Ronald Horn''' (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jimhornmusic.com|title=Welcome to the Official Site for Jim Horn, legendary sax player with The Beatles, John Denver and Garth Brooks among countless others : BIO|website=Jimhornmusic.com|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Horn was born in [[Los Angeles]], and after replacing saxophonist [[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]] in 1959, he toured with member [[Duane Eddy]] for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p87854/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Jim Horn|last=Dillon|first=Charlotte|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |work=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=17 May 2010}}</ref> Along with [[Bobby Keys]] and [[Jim Price (musician)|Jim Price]] he became one of the most in-demand horn session players of the 1970s and 1980s.
Horn was born in [[Los Angeles]], and after replacing saxophonist [[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]] in 1959, he toured with member [[Duane Eddy]] for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p87854/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Jim Horn|last=Dillon|first=Charlotte|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |work=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref> Along with [[Bobby Keys]] and [[Jim Price (musician)|Jim Price]] he became one of the most in-demand horn session players of the 1970s and 1980s.


Horn played on solo albums by three members of [[the Beatles]], forming a long association with [[George Harrison]] after appearing at the latter's [[Concert for Bangladesh]] benefit in 1971. Horn toured with [[John Denver]] on and off from 1978 to 1993. He also played with Denver in concert occasionally after the Wildlife Concert in 1995.
Horn played on solo albums by three members of [[the Beatles]], forming a long association with [[George Harrison]] after appearing at the latter's [[Concert for Bangladesh]] benefit in 1971. Horn toured with [[John Denver]] on and off from 1978 to 1993. He also played with Denver in concert occasionally after the Wildlife Concert in 1995.

He played flute on the original studio recording of "[[Going Up the Country]]" by Canned Heat, reproduced in the film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]''.
Horn played flute and saxophone on [[the Beach Boys]]' album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', and played flute on [[the Rolling Stones]]' album ''[[Goats Head Soup]]''.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-horn-mn0000850194/credits Jim Horn credits at ''AllMusic'']</ref>
Horn also collaborated with [[Don Williams]] on at least two songs and toured with Williams for two years.


In 2007, Horn was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] as a member of [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]].
In 2007, Horn was inducted into the [[Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] as a member of [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]].

While many listeners may not realize it, they are intimately familiar with his flute playing in the original studio recording of "[[Going Up the Country]]" by Canned Heat. This widely recognized "hippie anthem", reproduced in the film ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]'', is known to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
In 1961 Jim's sister, Kathie, married Mike Deasy, a noted session guitarist who also did much work with the Wrecking Crew.
Horn also played flute and saxophone on [[the Beach Boys]]' album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'', and also played flute on [[the Rolling Stones]]' album ''[[Goats Head Soup]]''.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-horn-mn0000850194/credits Jim Horn credits at ''AllMusic'']</ref>
Horn also collaborated with [[Don Williams]] on at least two songs and even toured with Williams for two years.


==Artists with whom Horn has collaborated==
==Artists with whom Horn has collaborated==
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*[[The 5th Dimension]] – "[[Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away]]", "[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]]"
* [[The 5th Dimension]] – "[[Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away]]", "[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]]"
*[[Aaron Neville]]
* [[Aaron Neville]]
*Alan James – "Sweet Baby You", "Where It's At" on album ''Break The Ice'' (1991)
* Alan James – "Sweet Baby You", "Where It's At" on album ''Break The Ice'' (1991)
* [[Badfinger]] - ''[[Badfinger (album)|Badfinger]]''
*[[Armahń Ashley]] and [[Erik "E-Smooth" Hicks]]
*[[Barbra Streisand]]
* [[Barbra Streisand]]
*[[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' – "[[Good Vibrations]]"
* [[The Beach Boys]] – ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' – "[[Good Vibrations]]"
*[[Billy Joel]]
* [[Billy Joel]]
*[[Boz Scaggs]] – ''[[Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)|Memphis]]''
* [[Boz Scaggs]] – ''[[Memphis (Boz Scaggs album)|Memphis]]''
*[[Buffalo Springfield]] – "[[Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield song)|Broken Arrow]]" (clarinet)
* [[Buffalo Springfield]] – "[[Broken Arrow (Buffalo Springfield song)|Broken Arrow]]" (clarinet)
*[[Canned Heat]] – "[[Going Up the Country]]" (flute)
* [[Burton Cummings]] – "[[My Own Way to Rock]]" (Saxophone)
* [[Canned Heat]] – "[[Going Up the Country]]" (flute)
*[[Catlin Hale]] – "Little Boy Blue", "Why Undo All The Good", "Little Girl", "Times Are A Changing"
*[[The Carpenters]] – ''[[Carpenters (album)|Carpenters]]''
* [[Captain & Tennille]] – ''[[Song of Joy (album)|Song of Joy]]'' – "[[1954 Boogie Blues]]"
* [[The Carpenters]] – ''[[Carpenters (album)|Carpenters]]''
*[[Chi Coltrane]]
*[[Chris Nole]]
* [[Chi Coltrane]]
*[[Christopher Cross]] – "[[Ride Like the Wind]]"
* [[Christopher Cross]] – "[[Ride Like the Wind]]"
*[[David Gates]]
* [[David Gates]]
*[[Delaney & Bonnie]]
* [[Deborah Allen]]
*[[Delbert McClinton]] – Never Been Rocked Enough
* [[Delaney & Bonnie]]
* [[Delbert McClinton]] – Never Been Rocked Enough
*[[Diana Ross]]
* [[Diana Ross]]
*[[Dizzy Gillespie]] – ''[[Free Ride (album)|Free Ride]]''
* [[Dizzy Gillespie]] – ''[[Free Ride (album)|Free Ride]]''
*[[Duane Eddy]]
* [[Duane Eddy]]
*[[Elton John]] – "[[Little Jeannie]]" (alto)
* [[Elton John]] – "[[Little Jeannie]]" (alto)
*[[Elvis Presley]] – "Roustabout" ''(film)''
* [[Elvis Presley]] – "Roustabout" ''(film)''
*[[Frank Sinatra]] – "[[Strangers in the Night]]" (flute)
* [[Frank Sinatra]] – "[[Strangers in the Night]]" (flute)
*[[Garth Brooks]] – "[[One Night a Day]]"
* [[Garth Brooks]] – "[[One Night a Day]]"
*[[George Benson]] – "Turn Your Love Around"
* [[George Benson]] – "Turn Your Love Around"
*[[George Harrison]] – 1971 ''[[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|The Concert for Bangladesh]]'' – 1974 Dark Horse Tour – "Cloud Nine" – "[[Got My Mind Set On You]]"– 1975 Extra Texture – "You".
* [[George Harrison]] – 1971 ''[[The Concert for Bangladesh (album)|The Concert for Bangladesh]]'' – 1974 Dark Horse Tour – "Cloud Nine" – "[[Got My Mind Set On You]]"– 1975 Extra Texture – "You".
* [[Glen Campbell]]
*[[Glenn Frey]] – "[[The One You Love (Glenn Frey song)|The One You Love]]" (ending tenor saxophone solo)
* [[Glenn Frey]] – "[[The One You Love (Glenn Frey song)|The One You Love]]" (ending tenor saxophone solo)
*[[Hank Williams, Jr]]. – "Monday Night Football Theme" – BORN TO BOOGIE
* [[Hank Williams, Jr]]. – "Monday Night Football Theme" – BORN TO BOOGIE
*[[Harry Nilsson]] – ''[[Pussy Cats]]''
* [[Harry Chapin]]
*[[Herbie Hancock]] – "[[Man-Child]]"
*[[Jeff Lynne]] – [[Armchair Theatre (album)|Armchair Theatre]]
* [[Harry Nilsson]] – ''[[Pussy Cats]]''
* [[Herbie Hancock]] – "[[Man-Child]]"
*[[Jim Salestrom]]
* Harpo (Swedish singer)
*[[John Denver]]
*[[Johnny Rivers]] – "[[Poor Side of Town]]"
* [[Ike and Tina Turner]] - "[[River Deep – Mountain High]]" (baritone)
* [[Jeff Lynne]] – [[Armchair Theatre (album)|Armchair Theatre]]
*[[Joni Mitchell]]
* [[Jim Salestrom]]
*[[Jose Feliciano]] – "[[Light_My_Fire#Jos.C3.A9_Feliciano|Light My Fire]]" and LP ''[[Feliciano!]]''
* [[John Denver]]
*[[Joy of Cooking]] – ''[[Castles]]''
* [[Johnny Rivers]] – "[[Poor Side of Town]]"
*[[Kenny Chesney]] – {{As of|2009|July}}, Horn is on tour with Kenny Chesney's ''Sun Carnival Tour''. Horn has composed and arranged the horn sections for Chesney for the past several years.
* [[Joni Mitchell]]
*[[Leon Russell]] – "Lady Blue"
* [[Jose Feliciano]] – "[[Light My Fire#José Feliciano version|Light My Fire]]" and LP ''[[Feliciano!]]''
*[[Linda Ronstadt]]
* [[Joy of Cooking]] – ''[[Castles]]''
*[[Lionel Richie]]
* [[Kenny Chesney]] – {{As of|2009|July}}, Horn is on tour with Kenny Chesney's ''Sun Carnival Tour''. Horn has composed and arranged the horn sections for Chesney for the past several years.
*[[Little Richard]]
*[[The Mamas & the Papas]] – notably "[[Creeque Alley]]"
* [[Leon Russell]] – "Lady Blue"
*[[Michael Jackson]]
* [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* [[Lionel Richie]]
*[[Mink DeVille]] – ''[[Sportin' Life (Mink DeVille album)|Sportin' Life]]''
* [[Little Richard]]
*[[Monk Higgins]] - ''[[Extra Soul Perception]]''
*[[Neil Sedaka]] – ''[[Sedaka's Back]]''
* [[The Mamas & the Papas]] – notably "[[Creeque Alley]]"
*[[Paul McCartney]]
* [[Michael Jackson]]
* [[Mink DeVille]] – ''[[Sportin' Life (Mink DeVille album)|Sportin' Life]]''
*[[Pete Huttlinger]]
* [[Molly Hatchet]] - ''[[The Deed Is Done]]''
*[[Ringo Starr]] – "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go"
* [[Monk Higgins]] - ''[[Extra Soul Perception]]''
*[[Rita Coolidge]]
*[[Ronnie Milsap]] – ''[[Lost in the Fifties Tonight]]''
* [[Neil Sedaka]] – ''[[Sedaka's Back]]''
*[[Roy Orbison]]
* [[Paul McCartney]]
* [[Pete Huttlinger]]
*[[Seals & Crofts]] – ''[[Summer Breeze (album)|Summer Breeze]]''
*[[Shooter Jennings]] – Played and arranged horns on album "The Wolf" (2007)
* [[Ringo Starr]] – "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go"
* [[Rita Coolidge]]
*[[Spiral Starecase]] – "[[More Today Than Yesterday]]" (baritone)
*[[Steely Dan]] – ''[[The Royal Scam]]''
* [[Ronnie Milsap]] – ''[[Lost in the Fifties Tonight]]''
* [[Roy Orbison]]
*[[Steve Cropper]] and [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] – MEMPHIS (with Kioshiro) – 1992 Tour
* [[Seals & Crofts]] – ''[[Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts album)|Summer Breeze]]''
*[[Steve Taylor]] – "I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good"
* [[Shawn Phillips]] – "Italian Phases" (soprano saxophone)
*[[Stevie Wonder]] "[[Songs in the Key of Life|Ebony Eyes]]"
* [[Shooter Jennings]] – Played and arranged horns on album "The Wolf" (2007)
*[[The Righteous Brothers]] – "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" (baritone)
*[[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Goat's Head Soup]]''
* [[Spiral Starecase]] – "[[More Today Than Yesterday]]" (baritone)
*[[Tina Turner]] – "[[River Deep – Mountain High]]" (baritone)
* [[Steely Dan]] – ''[[The Royal Scam]]''
* [[Steve Cropper]] and [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]] – MEMPHIS (with Kioshiro) – 1992 Tour
*[[Tom Petty]]
* [[Steve Taylor]] – "I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good"
*[[Toto (band)|Toto]] – "[[Rosanna (song)|Rosanna]]" – "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]"
* [[Stevie Wonder]] "[[Songs in the Key of Life|Ebony Eyes]]"
*[[Traveling Wilburys]] – ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1|Volume 1]]'', ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3|Volume 3]]''
*[[Van Dyke Parks]] – ''[[Song Cycle (album)|Song Cycle]]''
* [[The Righteous Brothers]] – "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" (baritone)
* [[The Rolling Stones]] – ''[[Goat's Head Soup]]''
*[[Vince Gill]] – "[[Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles|I Can't Tell You Why]]"
* [[Todd Rundgren]] - [[Something/Anything?]]
*[[Warren Zevon]] – ''[[Excitable Boy]]'' (tenor)
*[[Wynonna]]
* [[Tom Petty]]
* [[Toto (band)|Toto]] – "[[Rosanna (song)|Rosanna]]", "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]"
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* [[Traveling Wilburys]] – ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1|Volume 1]]'', ''[[Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3|Volume 3]]''
* [[Van Dyke Parks]] – ''[[Song Cycle (album)|Song Cycle]]''
* [[Vince Gill]] – "[[Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles|I Can't Tell You Why]]"
* [[Warren Zevon]] – ''[[Excitable Boy]]'' (tenor)
* [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]
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==Studio albums==
==Studio albums==
* ''Through the Eyes of a Horn'' (1972) Shelter Records
* ''Through the Eyes of a Horn'' (1972) Shelter Records
* ''Jim's Horns'' (1973) Shelter Records
* ''Jim's Horns'' (1973) Shelter Records
* ''Neon Nights'' (1989) Warner Bros Records
* ''Work It Out'' (1990)
* ''Children of the Universe'' (2012) self-released, CD Baby
* ''Children of the Universe'' (2012) self-released, CD Baby


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jim-horn Jim Horn Interview] NAMM Oral History Library (2017)
*[http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/jim-horn Jim Horn Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]] (2017)
* {{discogs artist|Jim Horn}}
* {{imdb name|0394853}}

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Latest revision as of 16:04, 17 December 2024

For other people named James Horn, see James Horn (disambiguation).
Jim Horn
Birth nameJames Ronald Horn
Born (1940-11-20) November 20, 1940 (age 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Musician, saxophonist
Instrument(s)Saxophone, flute, piccolo, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, recorder
Websitewww.jimhornmusic.com

James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.[1]

Biography

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Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio.[2] Along with Bobby Keys and Jim Price he became one of the most in-demand horn session players of the 1970s and 1980s.

Horn played on solo albums by three members of the Beatles, forming a long association with George Harrison after appearing at the latter's Concert for Bangladesh benefit in 1971. Horn toured with John Denver on and off from 1978 to 1993. He also played with Denver in concert occasionally after the Wildlife Concert in 1995.

He played flute on the original studio recording of "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat, reproduced in the film Woodstock. Horn played flute and saxophone on the Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds, and played flute on the Rolling Stones' album Goats Head Soup.[3] Horn also collaborated with Don Williams on at least two songs and toured with Williams for two years.

In 2007, Horn was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville as a member of the Wrecking Crew.

In 1961 Jim's sister, Kathie, married Mike Deasy, a noted session guitarist who also did much work with the Wrecking Crew.

Artists with whom Horn has collaborated

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Studio albums

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  • Through the Eyes of a Horn (1972) Shelter Records
  • Jim's Horns (1973) Shelter Records
  • Neon Nights (1989) Warner Bros Records
  • Work It Out (1990)
  • Children of the Universe (2012) self-released, CD Baby

References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to the Official Site for Jim Horn, legendary sax player with The Beatles, John Denver and Garth Brooks among countless others : BIO". Jimhornmusic.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. ^ Dillon, Charlotte. "Biography: Jim Horn". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Jim Horn credits at AllMusic
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