Chuck Gentry


Charles T. Gentry was an American jazz saxophonist.
Gentry learned to play clarinet while growing up in Sterling, Colorado, United States, and attended Colorado State Teachers College before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. He played with Vido Musso in 1939, then with Harry James in 1940–41; during World War II he worked with Benny Goodman, the Army band of Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw. He then worked with Jan Savitt before returning to Goodman's employ in 1946. After 1947, he worked often as a session musician with Louis Armstrong, Georgie Auld, Charlie Barnet, Ralph Burns, Benny Carter, June Christy, Sammy Davis Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Pete Fountain, The Four Freshmen, Erroll Garner, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Spud Murphy, Anita O'Day, Patti Page, Mel Powell, Della Reese, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Mel Torme, and Nancy Wilson.

Discography

As sideman

With Glen Gray
  • Casa Loma in Hi-Fi
  • Sounds of the Great Bands!
  • Solo Spotlight
  • Please, Mr. Gray...
With Skip Martin
  • 8 Brass, 5 Sax, 4 Rhythm
  • Scheherajazz
  • Swingin' with Prince Igor
With Billy May
With Shorty Rogers
  • Manteca
  • Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan
  • The Swingin' Nutcracker
With Pete Rugolo
  • Music for Hi-Fi Bugs
  • An Adventure in Sound Reeds in Hi-Fi
  • Out On a Limb
  • Rugolo Plays Kenton
  • 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses
With others