Gene Perla
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.
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Discography
3 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bill's Waltz
Gene Perla, Elvin Jones, Don Alias
Jazz - Released by PM Records on 26/09/2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live at Bird's Eye Basel (Live)
Tobias Meier, Gene Perla, Christian Windfeld
Jazz - Released by PM Records on 1/03/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live at Bird's Eye Basel
Tobias Meier, Gene Perla, Christian Windfeld
Jazz - Released by iMD-P.M.Records on 1/03/2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo