Gene Perla

Gene Perla
Gene Perla in 2013
Gene Perla in 2013
Background information
Born (1940-03-01) March 1, 1940 (age 84)
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, record label owner
InstrumentDouble-bass
Years active1964–present
LabelsPM, Plug
Websiteperla.org

Gene Perla (born March 1, 1940) is an American jazz bassist.

Career

At the Berklee School of Music and the Boston Conservatory Perla concentrated on piano before moving to double bass.[1] In 1969 he spent one year as a member of the Woody Herman Orchestra.[1] During the early 1970s, he worked with Elvin Jones, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1975 he started the band Stone Alliance with Don Alias and Steve Grossman.[1] Also in the 1970s he founded PM Records ("PM" for Perla Music), which released albums by Steve Grossman, Elvin Jones, Pat LaBarbera, and Dave Liebman.[1] He has taught at Lehigh University and the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music.

Discography

As leader

  • Stone Alliance ~ Stone Alliance (PM, 1976)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Marcio Montarroyos (PM, 1977)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Con Amigos (PM, 1977)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Heads Up (PM, 1980)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Live In Amsterdam (PM, 2004)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Live In Bremen (PM, 2005)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Live In Buenos Aires (PM, 2006)
  • Bill's Waltz (PM, 2008)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Live In Berlin (PM, 2010)
  • Out of the Gate (PM, 2017)
  • Stone Alliance ~ Galvanic Ignition (PM, 2018)
  • Stone Alliance ~ In The Pocket (PM, 2022)

As sideman

With Elvin Jones

With Jeremy Steig

With Nina Simone

With others

References

  1. ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott. "Gene Perla". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2019.