Mark Perna Music

Mike Shanley wrote a nice article about the Don Aliquo "Year of the Don" project for the Pittsburgh City Paper.  Here it is:http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/assembled-by-bassist-mark-perna-the-year-of-the-don-series-offers-an-in-depth-look-at-the-work-of-tenor-sax-player-don-aliquo/Content?oid=1968147

Don Aliquo celebrated the release of TWO CDs on November 5, 2016 at James St.  The first, Lullaby For Joan was recorded in 2003 and 2004 with Rodger Ryan (who sadly passed away in January 2005), Victor Garzotto, Ken Karsh…

So we're getting a new furnace.  Stay with me, it ends up being relevant.  In order to get the new furnace into the house, I had to clean the basement up to make room for the guys taking out the…

If you read the previous post about the Richie Cole projects, well here's an interlude to that project.  During the mixing process, my good friend and a truly soulful guy, George Heid came out and asked me if I wanted…