Clarence Johnston (jazz drummer)

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Clarence Johnston (born 1924-2018)[1] —also credited as Clarence Johnson[2]— was a jazz drummer. He was born in Boston.

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.

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