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

Horn was born inLos Angeles, and after replacing saxophonistSteve Douglas in 1959, he toured with memberDuane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio.^[2] Along withBobby Keys andJim 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 ofthe Beatles, forming a long association withGeorge Harrison after appearing at the latter'sConcert for Bangladesh benefit in 1971. Horn toured withJohn 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 filmWoodstock.Horn played flute and saxophone onthe Beach Boys' albumPet Sounds, and played flute onthe Rolling Stones' albumGoats Head Soup.^[3]Horn also collaborated withDon Williams on at least two songs and toured with Williams for two years.

In 2007, Horn was inducted into theMusicians Hall of Fame and Museum inNashville as a member ofthe Wrecking Crew.

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

• 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

• Jim Horn Interview atNAMM Oral History Collection (2017)
• Jim Horn discography atDiscogs
• Jim Horn atIMDb

• 1940 births
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• American male saxophonists
• American rock saxophonists
• Musicians from Los Angeles
• The Wrecking Crew (music) members
• American oboists
• American male oboists
• American bassoonists
• American session musicians
• 21st-century American saxophonists
• 21st-century American clarinetists
• 21st-century American male musicians
• 21st-century American flautists

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