Career
He was a central figure in the development of the Asian American jazz movement. He gave performances all around the world for example at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, Mexico"s Japan Fest, Seattle"s Earshot Festival, Asian American Jazz Festival in San Francisco and Chicago, New York"s Japan and Asia Societies, Los Angeles Festival, at Yale University, and Brown University. Horiuchi performed with Joseph Jarman, Wadada Leo Smith, George Lewis, John Tchicai, Art Davis, Francis Wong, Miya Masaoka, Tatsu Aoki, William Roper, Mark Izu, and San Jose Taiko.
He recorded for the Asian Improv and Soul Note labels.
He also lectured and gave workshops at universities around the United States. such as University College Berkeley, Wesleyan University, Northeastern University, and Stanford University. Horiuchi had many diverse talents and interests: besides attending graduate school in mathematics he had work experience as an auto mechanic, construction worker, and music teacher.
He served as an Artist in Residence teaching at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California. Horiuchi was diagnosed with colon cancer in August 1999, and died on June 3, 2000.
His final concert was held at the Japan America Theater a few months before his death.
