1980Release listing
Smokin’
TJ Wheeler & Charlie Jennison
Format: Vinyl LP. Charlie is co-billed; the catalogue does not itemize an instrument.
A recording life in collaboration
Charlie Jennison
Discography
A research-based record of Charlie’s albums and recording appearances, from catalogue entries and biography notes to Charlie’s own confirmations. Each item carries its evidence status; a lead is included without being presented as a verified credit.
Coverage sought: the 1960s to the present. Earliest located release: 1980. Research remains open to additions.
24Listings included
23Documented appearances
1Unverified catalogue lead
All discovered recording listings are gathered here, including the unresolved catalogue association. Formats and reissues are consolidated under a title where known. The six firsthand confirmations identify performance only—no instrument or track is inferred for them.
Release listingCharlie confirmedBiography / direct sourceUnverified lead
All recording listings
Chronological where a year is available; undated and unresolved items follow.
1983Release listing
First Impressions — Live at the Press Room
TJ Wheeler and the Smokers / Tommy Gallant Quartet, featuring Charlie Jennison
Format: Vinyl LP. Charlie: saxophone.
1982 / 1983Release listing
Northern Portrait
Barbara London
Format: Vinyl LP. Charlie: alto and tenor saxophone. Sources differ on the year (1982 vs. 1983).
1983Charlie confirmed
Blue Time
Tom Chandler
External format listing: Vinyl LP. Instrument and track not specified.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
1984Release listing
Companions of the Crimson Coloured Ark
Do’a World Music Ensemble
Formats: Vinyl LP and cassette; CD reissue. Charlie: soprano saxophone.
1984Charlie confirmed
Tenants in Common
John Perrault
External format listing: Vinyl LP. Instrument and track not specified.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
1985Release listing
Night Sail
Devonsquare
Formats: Vinyl LP; later CD compilation. Charlie: saxophone. The 1989 Japanese Night Sail/Devonsquare CD is a reissue/compilation, not another album.
1986Release listing
Endangered Species
Jon Saxe
Format: Vinyl LP. Charlie: synthesizer and tenor saxophone.
1986Release listing
Lonesome Waters
Tommy Makem
Formats: Vinyl LP and cassette; CD reissue. Charlie: synthesizer, piano and flute. The 1992 CD is the same album.
1986Release listing
North
Bill Morrissey
Formats: Vinyl LP and CD editions. Charlie: clarinet and synthesizer.
1988 / 1989Charlie confirmed
World Dance
Do’a
External format listing: CD. Discogs lists 1988; collaborator biography references 1989. Instrument and track not specified; Discogs artist variant: Do’ah.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
1988Artist-site credit
Walking on Ice
Devonsquare
The official site gives the release year as 1988 and credits Charlie on saxophone. Format not specified on the credit page.
1989Release listing
Rolling Home
Tommy Makem
Formats: CD and cassette. Charlie: synthesizer, piano, flute and backing vocals.
1991Charlie confirmed
Open Lines and Signals
Bernice Lewis
External format listing: CD. Instrument and track not specified; external title uses “&”.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
1993Release listing
Luna
Edward (Ed) Gerhard
Format: CD. Charlie: keyboards.
1994Charlie confirmed
Hand in Hand
Uno Mondo
External format listing: CD. Instrument and track not specified. External metadata credits Unu Mondo featuring Randy Armstrong & Volker Nahrmann.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
Year not statedArtist-site recording
Clark Terry small-combo CD (title not stated)
Clark Terry with Charlie Jennison, Gary Wittner, John Hunter and Les Harris, Jr.
Charlie recalls tenor saxophone on two Monk tunes recorded with a small combo at UNH. The page mentions 1996 UNH events but does not state this CD’s title or release year.
1998Release listing
Along the Shore of Acadia
Tim Janis
Format: CD. Charlie: flute.
1999Biography
Iridescence
Charlie Jennison / Iridescence quartet
Bio-documented original jazz album featuring Charlie’s tenor and soprano saxophones. Quartet: John Hunter (bass), Ken Clark (drums), Jim Butka (piano). Format not stated.
2001Charlie confirmed
Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns — Original Soundtrack Recording
Various artists
External format listing: CD. Instrument and track not specified.
Confirmed by Charlie Jennison, October 26, 2026
2015Artist biography
Beyond Borders
Randy Armstrong & Volker Nahrmann
Charlie is featured on “There’s Always Hope.” Physical format not specified in the cited biography.
2015Release listing
Swingin’ for the Holidays
NH Jazz Orchestra / Steve Guerra
Format: CD. Charlie: saxophone.
Year not listedRelease listing
Live
University of New Hampshire Jazz Band
Format: 3× vinyl LP. Charlie: saxophone. Guest credits include Clark Terry and Buddy DeFranco; the catalogue gives no year.
1988Unverified lead
All-Ears Review, Vol. 3: Singing Out—Songwriters for the ’90s
Various artists · CD sampler
The Discogs artist index associates Charlie with this item, but the release-level record retrieved does not name him or identify a track or role. Included as a lead, not a confirmed performance.
Counting and evidence. This page includes 24 entries: 23 documented appearances/listings plus one unverified catalogue lead. Discogs release credits are community-catalogued; not every original sleeve was checked. The six firsthand confirmations do not specify instruments or tracks. Formats and reissues count once per title. The Tommy Makem Songbag is omitted because it is not an album.
Related research trails
Context kept separate from Charlie’s titled recording credits.
Biography-listed work without album titles
The Seacoast Jazz Society biography names recording collaborators or projects involving Ben Baldwin & the Big Note; Devonsquare; Unu Mondo; Do’a World Music Ensemble; backing vocalists Barbara London, Kathleen Kolman and Leila Percy; and projects for Bill Morrissey, Ed Gerhardt, Susie Burke and David Surette. It also mentions arrangements for Lucie Therrien, Linda Pouliot, Claire Rothrock, Brownie MacIntosh, Dave Guard and the Shaw Brothers. These are not separate titled releases without a specific album link.
Shaw Brothers research
Charlie’s biography documents arranging for the Shaw Brothers but does not identify a specific album. The Day The Tall Ships Came (1978), The Best Of (1979) and Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (1985) were checked as possible trails; available release credits do not name Charlie, so these are not listed as his recording appearances.
AllMusic: The Day The Tall Ships Came ↗ · Discogs: The Best Of ↗ · Discogs: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 ↗
Name matches from the spoken request: Wheeler → TJ Wheeler; “Tommy McCham” → Tommy Makem; “Bill Marcy” → Bill Morrissey; Ed Gearhart → Edward/Ed Gerhard (the Seacoast biography spells it “Ed Gerhardt”); “Devon Square” → Devonsquare. No 1960s–1970s title surfaced. This research snapshot is not proof that private, earlier, later or unindexed recordings do not exist.
New Hampshire
humanities
Connecting People and Ideas
Charlie at Plymouth State Univ. on October 15th!
The Evolution of Jazz:
Seacoast New Hampshire’s Contribution
In this multi-media presentation sponsored by New Hampshire "Humanities To Go," jazz educator and performer Charlie Jennison presents some of the influential players, venues and organizations that contributed to the rich and diverse jazz scene in the Seacoast area. Through photographs, recordings, and personal narratives, Charlie, an early member of the Seacoast Jazz Society, paints a colorful picture of the growth and development of this significant American art form in New Hampshire from the 1950s to the present day. This presentation, originally developed for the 2021 Seacoast Jazz Society lecture series, is designed for remote applications.
The Seacoast Big Band plays at the Prescott Park Jazz Festival
On August 24, 2024, the Seacoast Big Band returned to Prescott Park to perform at the annual Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival. We had taken off the previous year for a different line-up, but popular demand brought the band back to a swinging performance with guest artist Alexa Tarantino on alto saxophone. I was fortunate to still play the lead alto chair and, as shown below, got to play a couple of solos with the band on that warm afternoon.
The band also played a concert for the students of the University of New Hampshire's Summer Youth Music school in July. Vocalist James Geralden contributed his talents and some swinging charts to that occasion. With the assistance of the Seacoast Jazz Society, plans are in the works for a holiday concert at a yet to be named venue in Portsmouth. We'll keep you posted!
Some upcoming gigs, in addition to my weekly students and Saturday country club piano date, include a weekend long dance recital, solo piano gigs for Mother's Day and other Sunday brunches at local retirement communities, a choral concert for which I am providing both accompaniment and jazz trio performances, composing a soundtrack for an historical documentary, accompanying my wife on some weekend storytelling and craft making workshops, several performances on classical alto sax with an orchestra premiering a choral piece in the lakes region, a Mardi Gras type gig in Portland (as a sub), upcoming NHJO rehearsals and concerts, a previously booked retirement home gig with Linda Pouliot and a rehearsal with the Seacoast Big Band (for which I am providing a chart) and that's all in May and June!
