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

At the Berklee School of Music and the Boston Conservatory Perla concentrated on piano before moving to double bass.

[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] He has taught at Lehigh University and the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music.