Hollis Gentry

Hollis Gentry III (born December 3, 1954 in Corpus Christi, Texas) was an American saxophonist, music producer and composer of smooth jazz and Latin jazz

Gentry grew up in San Diego and, at the age of fifteen, founded Funkfunk; with her he appeared in the college program of Cannonball Adderley in 1972. He then played with Bruce Cameron. In 1980 he earned his Master's degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego. He became famous in the mid-1980s in San Diego and southern California as founding member of the Smooth-Jazz-Formation Fattburger, with whom he recorded several albums. He also worked with Joe Sample, Stanley Clarke, Nancy East, Larry Carlton, Nancy Wilson, Barry White, Freddie Hubbard, Al Jarreau, Thelma Houston, Randy Crawford, Alphonse Mouzon, Rob Mullins and David Benoit. Under his own name, he presented the albums Hollis Gentry's Neon and For the Record.

He was one of the founders of the music company NETunes, where he was senior vice president and A & R for Latin jazz, world beat and reggae music. Gentry suffered a severe car accident in 2004; he died at the beginning of September 2006 at the age of 51 years. Weblinks Edit sourcetext Single-level Edit source text

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