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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