Chuck Stentz

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Charles Boyer "Chuck" Stentz (born July 12, 1926 in Olympia (Washington) ; † May 16, 2018 ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone ) who was stylistically in the bebop tradition.

Live and act

Stentz and his twin brother had their first music lessons (clarinet) from their grandfather. During high school he switched to the tenor saxophone. Mostly autodidact, he took saxophone lessons in Tacoma; after completing his military service, he studied for a year at the New England Conservatory of Music . He then worked in jazz bands; first recordings were made in Boston in 1947 with the Ray Borden Orchestra. In the following years he played in the orchestras of Woody Herman and Nat Pierce ("Besame Mucho", 1949). After his return to the Olympics in 1949, he worked in the northwestern United States mostly with local bands in the Tacoma and Seattle area; He also accompanied guest stars such as Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee on tours in the region. After his marriage to the jazz singer Jan Swenson, he built a music business ( Yenney Music Company ) and also played with musicians such as Bert Wilson and Perry Robinson . In the field of jazz he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 1947 and 1998.

Discographic notes

  • Bert Wilson: Bebop Revisited (1984), with Jack Perciful , Steve Lucano and Chuck Metcalf , Bob Meyer and Steve Bentley
  • Licorice Factory: Ebony Licorice Forest Factory (1984), with Perry Robinson, Tom Russell, Bert Wilson, Craig Hoyer, Skip Elliott, Bob Meyer
  • Bert Wilson: Bebop Revisited / At The Bellevue Jazz Festival '87 (Vol. 3) , with Joe Baque, Jack Perciful, Chuck Metcalf, Bob Meyer
  • Bert Wilson: Endless Fingers (1994), with Nancy Curtis, Craig Hoyer, Dan Schulte, Peter Vinikow, Bob Meyer
  • Jan Stentz: Forever (1998), with Jay Thomas , Bill Ramsay , Bob Nixon, Jeff Johnson, Dean Hodges

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Charles Boyer (Chuck) Stentz Obituary. Legacy.com, June 10, 2018, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  2. ^ Paul De Barros: Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle . Sasquatch Books, 1993, p. 169
  3. ↑ Jan Stentz at Allmusic (English)
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 10, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Stentz, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stentz, Charles Boyer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Olympia (Washington)
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2018