Tim Horner is a native son of Roanoke Va. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1979 Tim moved to Brooklyn New York in 1980 . Since moving to New York Tim has shared the stages of so many of New Yorks major venues such as The Village Vanguard, Birdland, The Blue Note, Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Coca Cola. The artists he has worked these venues with span a large cross section of jazz history performing with people such as Hank Jones, Clifford Jordan, Pepper Adams, Joe Locke, Randy Brecker, Vic Juris, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, The Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, Frank Kimbrough, Roseanna Vitro, Ann Hampton Calloway, Mark Murphy, Joe Williams, Dick Oatts, Red Rodney, Mark Sherman, Ted Rosenthal, Bill Cunliffe and Rufus Reid. In this span of five decades, he has also recorded over 250 recordings as a sideman and three of his own personal projects of original compositions, including The Head of the Circle. Since 2000 he has been a five-time Jazz Ambassador for the US State Dept. concertizing and teaching in over 20 countries throughout the world.
Music has the power to transport us to another time and place. Tim Horner loves to harness that power with a broad audience of fellow music lovers and passionate musicians alike. Ever since a young age, Tim has found great joy and satisfaction in making music and sharing it with fans and people all over the world. He will once again sail on The Jazz Cruise as a member of Ann Hampton Callaway’s group and as an All-Star.