Kate Gentile

Kate Gentile is an American drummer, composer, and record label executive. A 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, her albums include Mannequins (2017), Biomei.i, and Find Letter X (both 2023). She also collaborates with pianist Matt Mitchell, with whom she co-founded Obliquity Records. Biography Gentile came from Buffalo, New York, where she recalls that during high school, she did not have a lot of exposure to music because she “was busy cramming for my music school auditions”. After moving to Toronto after her marriage to a Canadian, she had to work with rock and metal bands because she could not legally work in the country, before moving to Brooklyn. it was ranked #50 in the 2017 National Public Radio Music Jazz Critics Poll. In 2023, she released another album, Biomei.i. Will Layman of PopMatters characterized Gentile as “a power drummer, though she is always thinking orchestrally, arguably a modern Elvin Jones or Tony Williams”. Layman called their partnership is “central to the chemistry” of their duo. She also leads the band Find Letter X, She is also leader of jazz/noise rock trio Secret People. Discography References