Clint Houston

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Clinton Joseph "Clint" Houston (born June 24, 1946 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † June 6, 2000 in New York ) was an American bassist and composer of modern jazz .

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Houston, who comes from a musical family, grew up in Washington, DC and from 1953 in New York City, where he first took piano lessons before switching to bass in high school. He has performed with his own band and played with his friends George Cables , Lenny White , and with Charles Sullivan and Billy Cobham in jam sessions before and then first art and architecture at Queens College to study music. From 1964 to 1966 he took private lessons with Ron Carter . Then he was part of the house band at Slug's Saloon with Cables and White and performed with musicians such as Julian Priester , Curtis Fuller , Jimmy Owens , Joe Newman and Freddie Hubbard .

From 1969 he played with Nina Simone and Roy Haynes and formed the formation Free Life Communications with Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach , before joining Roy Ayers' band in 1971 . With this he played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and was involved in the recordings for the album Red, Green and Black . He lived briefly in Germany, where he was employed by Kurt Edelhagen in 1972 .

He then played with Charles Tolliver until 1975 , with whom he also made a guest appearance in Japan, before he belonged to Stan Getz's group in California until 1977 (to be heard on The Best of Both Worlds and Getz / Gilberto '76 ) and also with Kai Winding worked together. In 1977 he returned to New York, where he played with Woody Shaw ("Sunshowers") until 1979 , but also with Joanne Brackeen , with whom he remained connected until 1986.

From 1989 on, Houston worked for Louis Hayes for several years , but also performed with McCoy Tyner and George Coleman . He also recorded with Onaje Allan Gumbs , Pepper Adams , Slide Hampton , Roland Hanna , Gary Bartz , John Hicks , Hamiet Bluiett , John Stubblefield , Frank Foster , John Scofield and many others.

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SURNAME Houston, Clint
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Houston, Clinton Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bassist and composer of modern jazz
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 2000
Place of death New York City