Birth name Norris Jones Music group Phalanx Role Composer Name Norris Jones | Instruments Bass | |
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Genres Jazz, Free jazz, avant-garde jazz. Died October 21, 2009, Berlin, Germany Albums Mixed, Life Rays, Live, One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye, Artistry Similar People Leroy Jenkins, Andrew Cyrille, Rashied Ali, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (September 28, 1940 – October 21, 2009) was an American jazz bassist and composer.
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Biography
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, 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. He moved to New York City in the middle of the 1960s, where he co-founded the "Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team" with Dave Burrell. He also worked with Marion Brown, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, Sonny Sharrock, Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, and Sun Ra.
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.
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.
As leader
As sideman
With Billy Bang
With Gato Barbieri
With Marion Brown
With Dave Burrell
With Walt Dickerson
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