Lindsey Horner

Bass

Born in New York in 1960, to a show business family, Lindsey Horner grew up playing multiple instruments. At 18, he moved to Dublin to study and perform with notable local musicians like Louis Stewart, Brian Dunning and Stephen Keogh. He also engaged with the evolving Irish traditional music scene led by artists like Andy Irvine and Paul Brady. On returning to New York, Horner studied at the Juilliard. He quickly became a key collaborator within the avant-garde "Downtown Scene," working alongside figures such as Bill Frisell and John Zorn. In 1990, he toured Europe with the Myra Melford Trio—yielding four acclaimed albums—and released his solo debut, Never No More. Concurrently, he played in the orchestra pits of over 30 Broadway productions, including the Grammy-winning recording of Les Misérables. In 1995, Horner began a long partnership with Irish singer-songwriter Susan McKeown, joining her band, The Chanting House, and recording two duo albums. By the late 1990s, he released his solo records Mercy Angel and Believers before relocating to Belgium for two years to perform across Europe. While in Brussels, he formed Jewels and Binoculars, a trio that released three albums of improvised Bob Dylan interpretations. Horner later returned to the U.S. via Pittsburgh; releasing Don’t Count on Glory in 2005. His subsequent projects include Undiscovered Country, a multicultural world-jazz compilation, and the 2017 solo bass album One More Forever. He also co-led the group Sleeping Bee until 2018. Horner is currently in his fifteenth-year touring with Irish American fiddler Eileen Ivers, showcasing his multi-instrumental skills on acoustic and electric bass, bass clarinet, tin whistle, guitar, and baritone saxophone.