- Sirone (musician)
Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (born
September 28 ,1940 ) is an Americanjazz bassist and composer.Born in
Atlanta , Georgia, Sirone worked in Atlanta late in the 1950s and early in the 1960s withThe Group alongside George Adams; he also recorded withR&B musicians such asSam Cooke andSmokey Robinson . He moved toNew York City in the middle of the 1960s, where he co-founded theUntraditional Jazz Improvisational Team withDave Burrell . He also worked withMarion Brown ,Gato Barbieri ,Pharoah Sanders ,Noah Howard ,Sonny Sharrock ,Sunny Murray ,Albert Ayler ,Archie Shepp , andSun Ra .He co-founded the
Revolutionary Ensemble with Leroy Jenkins andFrank 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 withClifford Thornton ,Roswell Rudd ,Dewey Redman ,Cecil Taylor , andWalt Dickerson .References
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