Hollis Vernon Gentry III (December 3, 1954, in Corpus Christi, Texas – September 5, 2006, in San Diego) was an American saxophonist, music producer and composer of smooth jazz and Latin jazz.
Gentry grew up in San Diego and founded the funk band Power at the age of fifteen.
In 1980 he earned a master's degree in music from the University of California, San Diego.
He was known in the mid-1980s in San Diego and southern California as a founding member of the smooth jazz formation Fattburger, with whom he recorded several albums.
He also worked with Joe Sample, Stanley Clarke, Nathan East, Larry Carlton, Nancy Wilson, Barry White, Freddie Hubbard, Al Jarreau, Thelma Houston, Randy Crawford, Alphonse Mouzon, Gaea Schell, Rob Mullins and David Benoit.