Gene Sedric (né Eugene Hall Cedric; June 17, 1907, St. Louis, Missouri – April 3, 1963, New York City)[1] was an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.

He played with Charlie Creath in his hometown and then with Fate Marable, Dewey Jackson, Ed Allen, and Julian Arthur.

[1] When Waller went on solo tours Sedric found work gigging alongside Mezz Mezzrow (1937) and Don Redman (1938-39).

Later associations include time with Pat Flowers (1946–47), Bobby Hackett (1951), Jimmy McPartland, Mezzrow again (1953), Conrad Janis (1953), and Dick Wellstood (1961).

[citation needed] American filmmaker Woody Allen describes taking lessons from Sedric as a young man, "But the clarinet I mostly played by myself.