Clint Houston

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Clinton Joseph Houston (June 24, 1946, New Orleans - June 7, 2000) was an American jazz double-bassist.

Houston played with George Cables and Lenny White in the house band at Slugs, a club in New York City, then played with Nina Simone (1969), Roy Haynes (1969-70), Roy Ayers (1971-73), Charles Tolliver (1973-75), Stan Getz (1975-77), and Woody Shaw (1977-79). In 1978 he began collaborating with Joanne Brackeen, working with her through 1986; he also played with Pepper Adams (1983), Slide Hampton (1981), Frank Foster (1984-86), and Roland Hanna (1986).

[edit] Discography as leader

• Watership Down (Storyville Records, 1978)
• Inside the Plain of the Elliptic (Timeless Records, 1979)

[edit] References

• Scott Yanow, Clint Houston at All Music Guide
• John Curry, "Clint Houston". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.