Paul Horn (musician)

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Paul Horn (March 17, 1930 – June 29, 2014) was an American musician best known for playing the flute, saxophone and clarinet. He helped popularize world and new-age music with his 1969 album Inside. He received five Grammy nominations between 1965 and 1999, including three in 1965. Horn was born in New York City and grew up in Washington, D.C. He started with piano at age four, then learned clarinet at 12. He studied at Oberlin College and earned a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1953. After moving to Los Angeles, he played with Chico Hamilton and worked as a session musician for stars like Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington. He scored the 1959 TV show Clutch Cargo and appeared briefly in the film A Bucket of Blood. In 1960 he recorded Latino! with Cal Tjader, released in 1962. His jazz quintet released albums through Columbia and RCA up to 1966, and he was featured in a David Wolper documentary Portrait of a Jazz Musician. After visiting India and studying Transcendental Meditation with the Maharishi, his music shifted toward world and new-age styles. In 1970 he moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where he formed his own group and did film scores for the National Film Board of Canada. He lived in British Columbia and Arizona and was married to Ann Mortifee. Horn died in 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 84.