chuck, gentry, charles, gentry, december, 1911, belgrade, nebraska, january, 1988, california, american, jazz, saxophonist, gentry, learned, play, clarinet, while, growing, sterling, colorado, united, states, attended, colorado, state, teachers, college, befor. 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 Sterling Colorado United States 1 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 1 He then worked with Jan Savitt before returning to Goodman s employ in 1946 1 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 1 Contents 1 Discography 1 1 As sideman 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksDiscography editAs sideman edit 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 amp 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 amp 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 edit a b c d e Colin Larkin ed 1992 The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music First ed Guinness Publishing p 959 ISBN 0 85112 939 0 Bibliography edit Chuck Gentry The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2nd edition ed Barry Kernfeld External links editChuck Gentry recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chuck Gentry amp oldid 1118647522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
