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Sirone (musician)

{{Short description|American musician (1940–2009)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Norris Jones

| instrument = Bass, trombone

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|09|28}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|21|1940|09|28}}

| death_place = Berlin, Germany

| genre = Jazz, free jazz, avant-garde jazz.

| occupation = Musician, songwriter

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Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (September 28, 1940[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p7557/biography|pure_url=yes}} Sirone biography], AllMusic – October 21, 2009){{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/10/sirone_revolutionary_bassist_d.html|title=Sirone, 'Revolutionary' Bassist, Dies|website=Npr.org|date=23 October 2009|accessdate=30 November 2017|last1=Gotrich|first1=Lars}} was an American jazz bassist, trombonist, and composer.

Biography

Born in Atlanta, Georgia,John Fordham [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/09/sirone-obituary Obituary], The Guardian, 9 November 2009 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. In 1966, in response to a call from Marion Brown, he moved to New York City,{{cite book | last=Wilmer |first=Val| title=As Serious As Your Life | publisher=Serpent's Tail | year=2009 | pages=186}} where he co-founded the "Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team" with Dave Burrell. He also worked with Brown, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, Sonny Sharrock, Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, and Sun Ra, as well as with John Coltrane when he was near the end of his career.{{cite book | last=Wilmer |first=Val| title=As Serious As Your Life | publisher=Serpent's Tail | year=2009 | pages=33}}

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. In the 1970s and early 1980s Sirone recorded with Clifford Thornton, Roswell Rudd, Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor, and Walt Dickerson.

In the 1980s, he was member of Phalanx, a group with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, drummer Rashied Ali, and tenor saxophonist George Adams.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=365}}

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, at the age of 69.

Discography

=As leader or co-leader=

With the Revolutionary Ensemble

With Sabir Mateen and Andrew Barker

  • 2013: Infinite Flowers (Sagittarius A-Star)

With Oluyemi Thomas and Michael Wimberly

=As sideman=

With George Adams

With The All Ear Trio (John Tchicai, Thomas Agergaard, and Peter Ole Jorgensen)

  • 2008: Boiler (Ninth World Music)

With Albert Ayler

With Billy Bang

With Gato Barbieri

With Dane Belany

  • 1975: Motivations (Sahara Records)

With Marion Brown

With Dave Burrell

With Zusaan {{ill|Kali Fasteau|de}}

  • 2004: Making Waves (Flying Note)

With Charles Gayle

With The Group (Ahmed Abdullah, Marion Brown, Billy Bang, Sirone, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille)

With Noah Howard

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

With Guerino Mazzola

  • 2009: Liquid Bridges (Springer)

with the William Parker Bass Quartet

With Phalanx

With Dewey Redman

With Pharoah Sanders

With Sonny Sharrock

With Cecil Taylor

With Clifford Thornton

Filmography

References

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External links

  • [http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/sirone.htm Discography of Sirone recordings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205122100/http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/sirone.htm |date=2010-12-05 }}

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Category:American jazz double-bassists

Category:American male double-bassists

Category:American male jazz composers

Category:Musicians from Atlanta

Category:1940 births

Category:2009 deaths

Category:Free jazz double-bassists

Category:Avant-garde jazz double-bassists

Category:20th-century American double-bassists

Category:20th-century American male musicians

Category:Revolutionary Ensemble members

Category:Phalanx (band) members

Category:20th-century American jazz composers

Category:African-American jazz musicians

Category:20th-century African-American musicians

Category:21st-century African-American musicians

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