Gene Perla

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. In 1969 he spent one year as a member of the Woody Herman Orchestra. 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. 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. He has taught at Lehigh University and the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music.

As leader

 * Bill's Waltz (PM, 2008)
 * Out of the Gate (PM, 2017)

As sideman
With Elvin Jones
 * Genesis (Blue Note, 1971)
 * Merry-Go-Round (Blue Note, 1971)
 * Mr. Jones (Blue Note, 1972)
 * Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1972)
 * Hollow Out with Masabumi Kikuchi (Philips, 1972)
 * At This Point in Time (Blue Note, 1973)
 * Elvin Jones is "On the Mountain" (PM, 1975)
 * New Agenda (Vanguard, 1975)
 * The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note (Half Note, 1999)

With Jeremy Steig
 * Energy (Capitol, 1971)
 * Fusion (Groove Merchant, 1972)

With Nina Simone
 * To Love Somebody (RCA Victor, 1968)
 * Here Comes the Sun (RCA Victor, 1971)
 * A Very Rare Evening (PM, 1979)

With others
 * Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia, 1970)
 * Frank Foster, The Loud Minority (Mainstream, 1972)
 * Mickey Tucker, Triplicity (Xanadu, 1975)