Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1966

Members: Paul Horn, Billy Higgins, Dave Parlato, Bill Plummer, Don Payne, Jimmy Bond, Mike Lang, Bill Goodwin, Fred Katz, Gene Estes, Milt Turner, Emil Richards, Calvin Jackson, Lynn Blessing, Art Johnson, Bart Hall, Paul Moer, Roderick Gaskin

The Paul Horn Quintet was a Grammy Award nominated jazz ensemble formed in 1958. They played modal style jazz heavily influenced by Miles Davis through the middle of the 1960s before shifting to a more easy listening sound for two albums. They reformed after Paul Horn returned from his travels through India and remained active until the mid 1970s.

The Quintet received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Album, Small Ensemble for their 1965 recording "Cycle". Their final release was the double live LP, "A Special Edition," which was released as a Paul Horn solo album in 1974.