CLINT HOUSTON

Supple and Creative Bassist Clint Houston was probably best known for his long association with pianist Joanne Brackeen, which began in the Stan Getz Quartet in the mid-1970s, and continued through numerous recordings and live performances until 1986. It was a fruitful period in Houston’s career, and encompassed the release of both his recordings under his own name, but he will be remembered chiefly as a supportive and always stimulating bassist for a succession of eminent leaders. He was born Clinton Joseph Houston in New Orleans, but the family moved north to Washington, DC, when he was three, and then to New York City in 1953. His father played classical piano and his sister guitar, but his own inclinations led him to the acoustic bass. He studied with Ron Carter, then the bassist in Miles Davis’s legendary quintet, in 1964-66, and also studied piano and harmony at Queen’s College in New York, read more...