Sirone (musician)

Sirone
Birth name Norris Jones
Genres Jazz, Free jazz, avant-garde jazz.
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Bass

Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (September 28, 1940[1] – October 21, 2009[2]) was an American jazz bassist and composer.

Biography

Born in Atlanta, Georgia,[3] Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s with "The Group" alongside George Adams; he also recorded with R&B musicians such as Sam Cooke and Smokey Robinson.[1] He moved to New York City in the middle of the 1960s, where he co-founded the "Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team" with Dave Burrell.[1] He also worked with Marion Brown, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, Sonny Sharrock, Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, and Sun Ra.[1]

He co-founded the Revolutionary Ensemble with Leroy Jenkins and Frank Clayton in 1971; Jerome Cooper later replaced Clayton in the ensemble, which was active for much of the decade.[1] In the 1970s and early 1980s Sirone recorded with Clifford Thornton, Roswell Rudd, Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor, and Walt Dickerson.[1]

In the 1980s, he was member of Phalanx, a group with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, drummer Rashied Ali, and tenor saxophonist George Adams.

From 1989 he lived in Berlin, Germany where he was active with his group 'Concord' (with Ben Abarbanel-Wolff and Ulli Bartel.) He was involved in theater, film, and was a practicing Buddhist. He died on October 21, 2009.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Billy Bang

With Gato Barbieri

With Marion Brown

With Dave Burrell

With Zusaan Kali Fasteau

With Charles Gayle

With Noah Howard

with William Parker

With Phalanx

With Dewey Redman

With Revolutionary Ensemble

With Pharoah Sanders

With Sonny Sharrock

With Cecil Taylor

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sirone Allmusic
  2. ↑ NPR.org
  3. ↑ John Fordham Obituary, The Guardian, 9 November 2009
  4. ↑ Allmusic review

External links

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