Introduction
Clinton Joseph Houston (June 24, 1946, in New Orleans – June 7, 2000) was an American jazz double-bassist.
Houston played with George Cables and Lenny White in the house band at Slug's, a club in New York City, then played with Nina Simone (1969), Roy Haynes (1969–70), Sonny Greenwich and Don Thompson (1970), 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).
Discography
As leader
- Watership Down (Storyville, 1978) with John Abercrombie, Joanne Brackeen, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Al Foster
- Inside the Plain of the Elliptic (Timeless, 1979) with Rubens Bassini, Ryo Kawasaki, Joanne Brackeen
As sideman
With Joanne Brackeen
- Invitation (Freedom, 1976 [1978])
- New True Illusion (Timeless, 1976)
- Tring-a-Ling (Choice, 1977)
With Stan Getz
- The Master (Columbia, 1975 [1982])
- Getz/Gilberto '76 (Resonance, 1976 [2016]) with João Gilberto
- Moments in Time (Resonance, 1976 [2016] with Joanne Brackeen, Billy Hart
With Sonny Greenwich
- The Old Man and the Child (Sackville, 1970)
With Louis Hayes
- Light and Lively (SteepleChase, 1989)
- The Crawl (Candid, 1989)
- Una Max (SteepleChase, 1989)
- Nightfall (SteepleChase, 1991)
- Blue Lou (SteepleChase, 1993)
With John Hicks
- Hells Bells (Strata-East, 1975 [1980])
With Azar Lawrence
- Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
With John Scofield
- East Meets West (1977)
With Woody Shaw
- Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
- Rosewood (Columbia, 1977)
- Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (Columbia, 1978)
- Woody III (Columbia, 1979)
With Charles Tolliver
- Live in Tokyo (1973, Strata-East)
- Impact (Strata-East, 1975)