Biography
Gene Perla has been important to jazz not only as a bassist but as the owner of two record labels. Perla studied as a pianist at the Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory of Music. He eventually switched to bass and picked up notable experience with Woody Herman's Orchestra (1969-70), the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones (1971-73) and Sonny Rollins. In the mid-1970's Perla formed the PM (Perla Music) label and a little later also ran Plug; among the musicians that he recorded were Dave Liebman, Elvin Jones, Steve Grossman, Pat LaBarbera and (for Plug) Jerry Bergonzi among others. Perla formed the group Stone Alliance (which also included Grossman and percussionist Don Alias) in 1975 and has remained quite active as both a bassist and as a jazz educator up to the present time. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi



 
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Episode 48 Gene Perla - Seen It All!
Ryan Devlin Steve Kortyka Official Music Video - Sambra by Gene Perla
An evening at the Deer Head Inn: W/Gene Perla, Jerry Bergonzi, Adam Nussbaum, Jesse Green. 9/24/22
Gene Perla Talks About Steve Grossman
"If I hear you, you're f*****g up." // The Hang Ep. 10 - Gene Perla
Gene Perla, Andy Sugg, Roger Manins, Kevin Field & Mark Lockett - Fancy Free (Donald Byrd)
Gene Perla - For All the Other Times (Live at Miller Symphony Hall)
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