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An excellent technician and underrated composer, Sirone was part of the great Revolutionary Ensemble trio in the '70s, and has also worked with many other free bandleaders and groups. His prominent tone and decisive playing expertly meshed with Leroy Jenkins' and Jerome Cooper's on Ensemble recordings and in concert. Sirone worked in Atlanta with a band called the Group in the late '50s and early '60s. George Adams was among the players in this ensemble. Sirone moved to New York in the mid-'60s, and helped form the Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team with Dave Burrell. He did sessions with Marion Brown, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, and Sonny Sharrock in the late '60s, and also played with Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and many others. Sirone spent six years with the Revolutionary Ensemble, originally forming it with Jenkins and Frank Clayton (later replaced by Cooper). He recorded with Clifford Thornton, Roswell Rudd, Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor, and Walt Dickerson in the '70s and early '80s. The trio date with Sirone, Dickerson, and Andrew Cyrille is available on CD, as are some earlier dates featuring him with Taylor, Redman, and others. - Ron Wynn

Sirone (Norris Jones) bass
born September 28, 1940 Atlanta, Georgia

discography

Noah Howard-At Judson Hall
ESP 1064 USA LP NYC, Judson Hall 10/19/1966
Noah Howard-as,bells; Dave Burrell-p; Ric Colbeck-tp; Norris Jones
(Sirone)-b; Catherine Norris-cel; Robert Kapp-perc

Marion Brown-Why Not?
ESP 1040 USA LP NYC 10/23/66
Marion Brown-as; Stanley Cowell-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Rashied Ali-d

Ric Colbeck
Pixie (unissued) NYC, Hunter College 11/23/66
Ric Colbeck-tp; Byard Lancaster-as,bcl,fl; Bennie Maupin-ts; Sonny
Sharrock-g; Joel Freedman-cel; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Sunny Murray-d

Marion Brown-Three For Shepp
Impulse 9139 USA LP NYC 12/1/1966
Marion Brown-as; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Bobby Capp-d; Dave Burrell-p;
Grachan Moncur III-tb; Beaver Harris-d; Stanley Cowell-p

Marion Brown Quintet
(private recording) NYC, Town Hall 12/31/1966
Marion Brown-as; Bennie Maupin-ts; prob. Dave Burrell-p; Norris Jones
(Sirone)-b; prob. Beaver Harris-d

Gato Barbieri-In Search of the Mystery
ESP 1049 USA LP NYC 3/15/1967
Gato Barbieri-ts; Calo Scott-cel; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Bobby Kapp-d

Dave Burrell-High
Douglas 798 USA LP NYC 6/2/1968 9/9/1968
Dave Burrell-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Bobby Kapp-d; Pharoah
Sanders-tambourine; Sunny Murray-d

Dave Burrell-High Two
Trio 6077 J LP NYC 6/2/1968 9/9/1968
Dave Burrell-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Bobby Kapp-d

Pharoah Sanders-(live recording)
CDRx2 Antibes 7/20/1968
Pharoah Sanders-ts; Lonnie Liston Smith-p; Sirone-b; Majeed Shabazz-d

Sonny Sharrock-(unissued)
Atlantic NYC 10/2/1968
Ted Daniel-tp; Dave Burrell-p; Sonny Sharrock-el-g; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b;
Richard Pierce-b; Eric Gravatt-d,perc Peanut Black Woman Portrait

Pharoah Sanders-Izipho Zam (My Gifts)
Strata-East 19733 USA LP Englewood, NJ, TownSound Studios 1/14/1969
Nat Bettis-perc; Chief Bey-African d; Sonny Fortune-as; Billy Hart-d; Howard Johnson-tu; Cecil McBee-b; Pharoah Sanders-ts,perc; Majeed Shabazz-d; Sonny Sharrock-g;
Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Lonnie Liston Smith-p; Leon Thomas-voc,perc; Tony
Wylie-perc

Sonny Sharrock-(unissued)
Atlantic USA NYC 5/8/1969
Sonny Sharrock-g; Dave Burrell-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Milford Graves-d
Peanut
Black Woman
Won & Too

Sonny Sharrock-Black Woman
Vortex 2014 USA LP NYC, A&R Recording Studios 5/16/1969
Sonny Sharrock-g; Dave Burrell-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b; Milford Graves-d;
Linda Sharrock-voc; Ted Daniel-tp; Richard Pierce-b; Gary Sharrock-bells


Noah Howard-The Black Ark
Freedom 278.120 F LP NYC 1969
Noah Howard-as; Arthur Doyle-ts; Earl Cross-tp; Leslie Waldron-p; Norris Jones (Sirone)-b;
Muhammad Ali-d; Juma-cga

Clifford Thornton Ensemble-Communications Network
Third World 12272 USA LP NYC 1/22/1972
Clifford Thornton-cor,el-p; L. Shankar-vln; Sirone-b; Jerome Cooper-d,perc


Revolutionary Ensemble
ESP 3007 USA LP NYC, At Peace Church 3/1972
Jerome Cooper-perc; Sirone-b; Leroy Jenkins-vln

Revolutionary Ensemble-Manhattan Cycles
India Navigation 1023 USA LP NYC 12/31/1972
Leroy Jenkins-vln; Sirone-b; Jerome Cooper-d,perc,bugle,fl,tape recorder

Dewey Redman-The Ear Of The Behearer
Impulse 9250 USA LP NYC 6/8/1973 6/9/1973
Dewey Redman-as,ts,musette; Ted Daniel-tp,Moroccan bugle; Jane
Robertson-cel;
Sirone-b,wood fl; Eddie Moore-d,saw,tympani,gong; Danny Johnson-perc

Various Artists-No Energy Crisis
Impulse 9267 USA LPx2 NYC 6/8/1973 6/9/1973
Dewey Redman-as,ts,musette; Ted Daniel-tp,Moroccan bugle; Jane
Robertson-cel;
Sirone-b,wood fl; Eddie Moore-d,saw,tympani,gong; Danny Johnson-perc
Innerconnection (alt take)
(Sirone does not appear on other tracks)


Roswell Rudd and The Jazz Composer's Orchestra-Numatik Swing Band
JCOA 1007 USA LP NYC, Butterfly Mobile Sound Van 7/6/1973
Roswell Rudd-frh,tb; Enrico Rava-tp; Mike Lawrence-tp; Charles Sullivan-tp;
Michael Krasnov-tp; Art Baron-tb; Gary Brocks-tb; Janet Donaruma-frh; Sharon
Freeman-frh; Jeffrey Schlegel-frh; Bob Stewart-tu; Howard Johnson-tu; Mike Bresler-pic,fl,ss;Dewey Redman-cl,ts; Martin Alter-fl,oboe,as; Perry Robinson-cl; Carlos Ward-fl,as;Charles Davis-ss,bs; Hod O'Brien-p; Sirone-b; Charlie Haden-b; Beaver Harris-d;Sue Evans-perc; Sheila Jordan-voc; Lou Grassi-d; Dan Johnson-perc

Cecil Taylor Unit-Spring of Two Blue-J's
Unit Core 30551 USA LP NYC, Town Hall 11/4/1973
Cecil Taylor-p; Jimmy Lyons-as; Sirone-b; Andrew Cyrille-d

Ornette Coleman-In Concert
OJL 10085 J LPx2 5/4/1974
Ornette Coleman-as,tp,vln; James Blood Ulmer-g; Sirone-b; Billy Higgins-d

Ornette Coleman Quartet-Lonely Woman Quartet, ´74
BAT 2, 3, 4 (Bootleg) LPx4 Italy, 5/1974
Ornette Coleman-as,tp,vln; James Blood Ulmer-g; Sirone-b; Billy Higgins-d

Dewey Redman-Coincide
Impulse 9300 USA LP NYC 9/9/1974 9/10/1974
Dewey Redman-ts,cl,zither; Ted Daniel-tp; Leroy Jenkins-vln; Sirone-b;
Eddie Moore-d,tympani,cymbals,idiophone

Dane Belany-Motivations
Sahara 1005 USA LP
Dane Belany-voc; Dewey Redman, Sirone, Errol Parker-African d,perc

Leroy Jenkins/The Jazz Composer's Orchestra-For Players Only
JCOA 1010 USA LP NYC, Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University 1/30/1975
Anthony Braxton-cbcl; Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre-ts;
Dewey Redman-cl,musette,banshee horn; Becky Friend-fl,piccolo; Charles
Brackeen-ss;
Sharon Freeman-frh; Bill Davis-tu; Leo Smith-tp; Joseph Bowie-tb;
Leroy Jenkins-comp,cond,vln; Romulus Franceschini-syn; David Holland-b;
Jerome Cooper-d,perc,p; Charles Shaw-d,perc; Roger Blank-d,perc; James
Emery-g;
Diedre Murray-cel; Sirone-b

Revolutionary Ensemble-The Psyche
RE 3117 USA LP NYC 1975
Leroy Jenkins-vln,vla; Sirone-b; Jerome Cooper-d,p

Revolutionary Ensemble-The People's Republic
A&M/Horizon 708 USA LP Burbank, CA, 12/4/1975 12/5/1975 12/6/1975
Leroy Jenkins-vln,vla,thumb p,claves,synth,voc,gong;
Sirone-b,tb,wood block,bells,shaker,voc,gong;
Jerome Cooper-d,bugle,p,balafon,temple blocks,wood block,gong,bell
gong,voc,tympani,saw
Revolutionary Ensemble-(live tape)
CAS NYC, Ferris Boothe Hall, Columbia U., WKCR Benefit 6/12/1976
Leroy Jenkins-vln; Sirone-b; Jerome Cooper-d

Revolutionary Ensemble-164=11tc,etc
Enja 3003 D LP Moosham Castle, Austria 8/18/1977
Leroy Jenkins-vln,vla,thumb p,claves,synth,voc,gong;
Sirone-b,tb,wood block,bells,shaker,voc,gong;
Jerome Cooper-d,bugle,p,balafon,temple blocks,wood block,gong,bell
gong,voc,tympani,saw

The Cecil Taylor Unit
New World 201 USA LP NYC, Columbia Recording Studios 4/3/1978 4/4/1978 4/5/1978 4/6/1978
Cecil Taylor-p; Jimmy Lyons-as; Raphe Malik-tp; Ramsey Ameen-vln; Sirone-b;
Ronald Shannon Jackson-d

Cecil Taylor-3 Phasis
New World 303 USA LP NYC, Columbia Recording Studios 4/3/1978 4/4/1978 4/5/1978 4/6/1978
Cecil Taylor-p; Jimmy Lyons-as; Raphe Malik-tp; Ramsey Ameen-vln; Sirone-b;
Ronald Shannon Jackson-d

Cecil Taylor-Live in the Black Forest
MPS 0068.220 D LP Kirchzarten, West Germany 6/3/1978
Cecil Taylor-p; Raphe Malik-tp; Jimmy Lyons-as; Ramsey Ameen-vln; Sirone-b;
Ron Jackson [Ronald Shannon Jackson]-d

Cecil Taylor-One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye
hat Hut 3R02 CH LPx3 Stuttgart, Liederhalle/Mozartsaal, West Germany 6/14/1978
Cecil Taylor-p Jimmy Lyons-as Raphe Malik-tp Ramsey Ameen-vln Sirone-b
Ronald Shannon Jackson-d

Cecil Taylor-One Too Many Salty Swift And Not Goodbye
hat ART 6090 CH CDx2 Stuttgart, Liederhalle/Mozartsaal, West Germany
6/14/1978
Cecil Taylor-p Jimmy Lyons-as Raphe Malik-tp Ramsey Ameen-vln Sirone-b
Ronald Shannon Jackson-d

Sirone-Artistry
OTC 801 USA LP NYC, Generation Sound 7/5/1978
Sirone-b; James Newton-fl; Muneer Bernard Fennell-cel; Don Moye-perc
Sirone-Live
Serious Music 1000 USA LP NYC, Public Theatre 7/11/1980
Claude Lawrence-as; Sirone-b,washboard,fl,tb; Dennis Charles-d

Walt Dickerson/Sirone/Andrew Cyrille-Life Rays
Soul Note 1028 I LP Milano 2/4/1982 2/5/1982
Walt Dickerson-vib; Sirone-b; Andrew Cyrille-d

Original Phalanx
DIW 8013 J LP NYC, Sound Ideas Studio 2/13/1987 2/14/1987
George Adams-ts,fl; James Blood Ulmer-g; Sirone-b; Rashied Ali-d

Original Phalanx
DIW 801 J CD NYC, Sound Ideas Studio 2/13/1987 2/14/1987
George Adams-ts,fl; James Blood Ulmer-g; Sirone-b; Rashied Ali-d

Dave Lindholm-Sissi
Zen, 87
Dave Lindholm; Sirone-b; ...

Phalanx-In Touch DIW 826 J CD NYC, A&R Recording Studios 2/27/1988 2/29/1988
George Adams-ts,ss,fl; James Blood Ulmer-g,fl; Sirone-b; Rashied Ali-d
Billy Bang Quartet-Valve No. 10
Soul Note 1186 I CD Milan, Barigozzi Studios 3/8/1988 3/9/1988
Billy Bang-vln,poetry; Frank Lowe-ts; Sirone-b; Dennis Charles-d Charles Gayle Quartet featuring John Tchicai-Always Born
Silkheart 115 CH CD NYC, A&R Recording Studios 4/10/1988 4/11/1988
Charles Gayle-ts; John Tchicai-ss,ts; Sirone-b; Reggie Nicholson-d


Charles Gayle Trio-Homeless
Silkheart 116 CH CD NYC, A&R Recording Studios 4/13/1988 4/14/1988
Charles Gayle-ts; Sirone-b; Dave Pleasant-d
Charles Gayle Trio-Spirits Before
Silkheart 117 CH CD NYC, A&R Recording Studios 4/13/1988 4/14/1988
Charles Gayle-ts; Sirone-b; Dave Pleasant-d

George Adams-Nightingale
Blue Note 91984 USA CD NYC 8/20/1988
George Adams-ts,ss,fl; Hugh Lawson-p; Sirone-b; Victor Lewis-d

Peter Gordon-Leningrad Xpress
New Tone 516702 I CD NYC 1990
Peter Ecklund-tp; Peter Gordon-ss; Mieczyslaw
Litwinski-hurdy-gurdy,whistling,jaw-harp,voc;
Ned Sublette-bjo,g; Sirone-b; Peter Zummo-euph,tb; "Blue" Gene Tyranny-p;
Jan Tilman Schade-cel

Cecil Taylor Ensemble-Always a Pleasure
FMP CD 69 D CD Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germany 4/8/1993
Cecil Taylor-p; Longineu Parsons-tp; Harri Sjostrom-ss; Charles Gayle-ts;
Tristan Honsinger-cel; Sirone-b; Rashid Bakr-d

Cecil Taylor-Concrete
Musica Jazz FMP MJ 02 D CD Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Germany 4/8/1993
Cecil Taylor-p; Tristan Honsinger-cel; Sirone-b; Rashid Bakr-d
Always a Pleasure (Fifth)
(Sirone does not appear on other tracks)




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