Clarence Johnston

Clarence Johnston (Boston, 1934) —also credited as Clarence Johnson— is a jazz drummer.

He appears on several mid-1950s recordings by James Moody and early 1960s albums by vocalist Joe Williams, by sax player Jimmy Forrest and by organist Freddie Roach, including the latter's debut on the Blue Note label, Down to Earth (1962). In the second half of the 1970s he appears on three Sonny Stitt albums.

Discography

• 1954 (recorded September): Moody -

• 1954 (recorded September) James Moody's Moods -

• 1955: Hi Fi Party -

• 1955: Wail, Moody, Wail -

• 1956: Flute 'n the Blues -

• 1959 (recorded August): James Moody -

• 1959 (recorded December) Hey! It's James Moody -

• 1961: Together -

• 1961 (recorded April): Out of the Forrest -

• 1961 (recorded September): Sit Down and Relax with Jimmy Forrest' -

• 1961 (recorded October): Most Much! -

• 1962: Jawbreakers -

• 1962: Down to Earth -

• 1962: Wanted to Do One Together (also released as Ben and "Sweets") -

• 1963: Mo' Greens Please -

• 1963: Never Let Me Go -

• 1964: Good Move! -

• 1964: Brown Sugar -

• 1965: All That's Good -

• 1967: Extension -

• 1976: Forecast: Sonny & Red -

• 1976: I Remember Bird -

• 1977: Sonny Stitt with Strings: A Tribute to Duke Ellington -

• 1979: A Woman Knows -