The Professor

Australian bassist Rex Horan has been living and working in London since 1997. Recent performing and recording credits have included: A Girl Called Eddy (Epitaph) and White Buffalo (Stamina Wax Records). He has played, recorded and toured with Richard Bailey (Jeff Beck, Incognito) “Fast” Eddy Clarke (Motorhead), Winston Delandro (Bob Marley, Sly And The Family Stone), Scotty Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and Mungo Jerry. He played on Verena Poetzl’s single Addiction in 2004 (Universal), which reached number one and went gold in Austria. His work in London’s R’ai bands Yusef and the Halal Joint and Cheb Nacim has seen Rex tour the European festival circuit.

He is a founding member of the Experiments in Spontaneous Performance (ESP) experimental cross-disciplinary improvisation company. His forays into the world of avant-garde and improvised musics included the staging of the West Australian premiere of John Zorn’s Cobra in 1996. He plays with and conducts the London Improviser’s Orchestra.

His expertise as a music educator has seen him working regularly for The Prince’s Trust Soundlive and The Irene Taylor Trust Music in Prisons. He has lectured in music and improvisation at The University of Western Australia, The University of Coventry, Warwick University, The University of Wolverhampton and the Richmond Upon Thames College.
Writing about Rex and his various projects and bands can be found in The Who’s Who of Australian Rock Music (Fourth Edition onwards), Liverpool Of The Southern Seas (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2003), and a forthcoming book on improvisation by Chris Johnston (Nick Hern Books) He was twice named Bassist of the Year in the Western Australian Music Industry Awards (1996, 1997).He studied Jazz Performance and Arranging and Composition at the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music and Classical performance (viola) at the University of Western Australia.