Chuck Gentry

Charles T. Gentry (December 14, 1911, Belgrade, Nebraska – January 1, 1988, California) was an American jazz saxophonist.^[1]

Gentry learned to play clarinet while growing up in

With Glen Gray

• Casa Loma in Hi-Fi (Capitol, 1956)
• Sounds of the Great Bands! (Capitol, 1958)
• Solo Spotlight (Capitol, 1960)
• Please, Mr. Gray... (Capitol, 1961)

With Skip Martin

• 8 Brass, 5 Sax, 4 Rhythm (MGM, 1959)
• Scheherajazz (Pye Golden Guinea, 1959)
• Swingin' with Prince Igor (Sonic Workshop, 1960)

With Billy May

• The Girls and Boys On Broadway (Capitol, 1960)
• Bill's Bag (Capitol, 1963)
• Sorta-May (Creative World, 1971)

With Shorty Rogers

• Manteca (RCA Victor, 1958)
• Shorty Rogers Meets Tarzan (MGM, 1959)
• The Swingin' Nutcracker (RCA Victor, 1960)

With Pete Rugolo

• Music for Hi-Fi Bugs (EmArcy, 1956)
• An Adventure in Sound Reeds in Hi-Fi (Mercury, 1957)
• Out On a Limb (EmArcy, 1957)
• Rugolo Plays Kenton (Mercury/EmArcy, 1958)
• 10 Saxophones and 2 Basses (Mercury, 1961)

With others

• Van Alexander, The Home of Happy Feet (Capitol, 1959)
• Georgie Auld, In the Land of Hi-Fi (EmArcy/Mercury, 1956)
• Heinie Beau, Moviesville Jazz (Coral, 1959)
• Benny Carter, The Benny Carter Jazz Calendar (United Artists, 1959)
• Benny Carter, Aspects (United Artists, 1959)
• June Christy, June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days (Capitol, 1959)
• Bing Crosby, Bing & Satchmo (MGM, 1960)
• Sammy Davis Jr., The Wham of Sam (Reprise, 1961)
• Dennis Farnon, Caution! Men Swinging (RCA Victor, 1957)
• Pete Fountain, The Blues (Coral, 1959)
• Four Freshmen
  , Four Freshmen and Five Saxes (Capitol, 1957)
• Al Hirt, Horn a-Plenty (RCA Victor, 1962)
• Barney Kessel, Modern Jazz Performances from Bizet's Opera Carmen (Contemporary, 1959)
• Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mandel's Great Jazz Score I Want to Live! (United Artists, 1958)
• Ella Mae Morse, Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues (Capitol, 1955)
• Lyle Murphy
  , 12-Tone Compositions & Arrangements (Contemporary, 1955)
• Red Norvo, Red Plays the Blues (RCA Victor, 1958)
• Anita O'Day, Trav'lin' Light (Verve, 1961)
• Henri Rene
  , The Swinging '59 (Imperial, 1960)
• Jess Stacy, Tribute to Benny Goodman (Atlantic, 1956)
• Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz (RCA Victor, 1959)
• Franz Waxman, Crime in the Streets (Decca, 1956)

References

• "Chuck Gentry".
  The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld
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• Chuck Gentry recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.