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.

He is the former director of jazz bands at Garfield High School,[1] where he has taught since arriving from Southern University in Baton Rouge in 1971, initially hired to rejuvenate the school's marching bands.

[2][3] Under his tutelage since 1979, the Garfield Jazz Ensemble has won every major competition on the West Coast, including competitions in Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington.

[1][3][8] His drum style also drives the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, which he co-founded in 1995 with University of Washington saxophone instructor Michael Brockman.