Clarence Acox is an American band director and jazz drummer. He is a native of New Orleans, and has been heard in a variety of settings in the Pacific Northwest.
Acox was named Educator of the Year by Down Beat magazine in 2001.[1][2][4] In 2004 the Seattle Music Educators Association recognized him as its Outstanding Music Educator.[5] In 2007 he was presented the Mayor's Arts Award by Seattle mayor Greg Nickels.[1][6] In 2008 Seattle Metropolitan magazine named him one of the 50 most influential musicians in the history of Seattle music.[2] In 2010, he and Roosevelt High School's Scott Brown shared the Impact Award at Seattle's second annual City of Music Awards.[7] In May 2016 Acox was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts.