Jim Horn

Jim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He 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. 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, and worked on a session with Paul McCartney, who was producing a track for Duane Eddy's 1987 album project. Jim Horn also toured with John Denver on and off from late 1978 to early 1993. He also played with Denver in concert occasionally before and after the 1995 wildlife concert.

Horn also played flute and saxophone on The Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds.

Selected collaborations

• The Mamas & the Papas
• John Denver
• Chi Coltrane
• Delaney & Bonnie
• David Gates
• Leon Russell – "Lady Blue"
• Rita Coolidge
• Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour – "Delta Lady"
• Johnny Rivers – "Poor Side of Town"
• Mink DeVille - Sportin’ Life
• Jackson Browne – "Running on Empty"
• Ringo Starr – "Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go"
• George Harrison – 1971 Concert for Bangladesh – 1974 Dark Horse Tour – "Cloud Nine" – "I Got My Mind Set On You"- 1975 Extra Texture - "You".
• Paul McCartney
• John Lennon – "Pussycats" (with Harry Nilsson)
• Harry Nilsson – "Pussycats" (with John Lennon)
• Lionel Richie
• Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle
• The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – "Good Vibrations"
• Linda Ronstadt
• Barbra Streisand
• Frank Sinatra – "Strangers in the Night" (flute)
• Elvis Presley - "Roustabout" (film)
• Michael Jackson - "The Ultimate Collection"
• Joni Mitchell
• The Carpenters – "For All We Know" (oboe)
• Garth Brooks - 'One Night a Day'
• Canned Heat – "Goin' Up the Country" (flute)
• The 5th Dimension – "Up, Up and Away", "The Age of Aquarius"
• Elton John – "Little Jeannie" (alto)
• Toto – "Rosanna" – "Africa"
• Smokey Robinson – "Tears of a Clown" (piccolo)
• Neil Sedaka – "Laughter in the Rain"
• Ronnie Milsap – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight"
• The Rolling Stones – Goat's Head Soup
• Steely Dan – "Josie"/ – AJA/ – THE ROYAL SCAM
• Roy Orbison
• Diana Ross
• Stevie Wonder "Ebony Eyes"
• Tina Turner – "River Deep, Mountain High" (baritone)
• U2 – "Angel of Harlem" (baritone)
• Wynonna – Black & Wy Tour – "Tell Me Why"
• Garth Brooks – "One Night a Day"
• Eric Clapton – 1971 Concert for Bangladesh
• George Benson – "Turn Your Love Around"
• Boz Scaggs – "Dirty Lowdown"
• Righteous Bros. – "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" (baritone)
• Seals & Crofts – "Summer Breeze"
• Little Richard
• Warren Zevon – "Excitable Boy" (tenor)
• Duane Eddy – "Rockestra Theme" (with Paul McCartney)
• David Letterman's CBS Orchestra, featuring Paul Shaffer
• Glenn Frey – "The One You Love" (ending tenor saxophone solo)
• Traveling Wilburys (Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan) – Volume 1, Volume 3
• Tom Petty
• Jeff Lynne – Armchair Theatre
• Spiral Starecase – "More Today Than Yesterday" (baritone)
• Vince Gill – "I Can't Tell You Why"
• Delbert McClinton – Never Been Rocked Enough
• Billy Joel
• Aaron Neville
• Hank Williams, Jr. – "Monday Night Football Theme" – BORN TO BOOGIE
• Steve Cropper and Booker T. & the M.G.'s – MEMPHIS (with Kioshiro) – 1992 Tour
• Christopher Cross – "Ride Like the Wind"
• Catlin Hale – "Little Boy Blue", "Why Undo All The Good", "Little Girl", "Times Are A Changing"
• Shooter Jennings – Played and arranged horns on album "The Wolf" (2007)
• Kenny Chesney - As of July 2009, 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.
• Alan James- "Sweet Baby You", "Where It's At" on album "Break The Ice" (1991) Nashville, TN