About Mike

Mike Horsfall has enjoyed a successful and diverse musical career for over 40 years, serving as a concert soloist, accompanist, musical director, educator, composer, arranger, and recording artist on both piano and vibraphone. He broke into the Portland jazz scene with the vibes-bass-drums trio “Tall Jazz”, a group he co-founded in 1989. In 2010, after more than two decades of performances, recordings, and clinics, Tall Jazz was voted into the Oregon Jazz Society's Hall of Fame.

Mike has performed and/or recorded with a great many world class musicians, including Anat Cohen, Kurt Elling, Janis Siegel, Terrell Stafford, David Grisman, Ken Peplowski, Holly Hofman, Ingrid Jensen, Chuck Redd, Dmitri Matheny, Valerie Day, Rebecca Kilgore, Karla Harris, Marilyn Keller, and Randy Porter, among others. He has collaborated with Marv & Rindy Ross’ Trail Band, Pink Martini, Nu Shooz, and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Recently, Mike has toured and recorded with Darrell Grant’s “MJ New”, a quartet honoring the music of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Mike has been commissioned twice by PDX Jazz to present concerts for their program. He has been a regular participant in many of the regions music festivals, such as PDX Jazz, the Oregon Coast Jazz Party, Chamber Group NW, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival. He is currently the musical director of a long running jazz vespers series featuring many of Portland’s top jazz artists.

In addition to performing, Mike is an avid music educator, having served on the faculties at Willamette University, Mt. Hood Community College, Clark College and Oregon Episcopal School. He is currently working on recording original material and can be seen performing in the Portland, Oregon area.