Sirone (musician)

Norris " Sirone " Jones ( born September 28, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia, † October 21, 2009 in Berlin) was an American jazz musician (double bass, trombone, composition).

Life

Sirone first played with George Adams and worked with rhythm-and - blues artists such as Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson and Jerry Butler. In the 1960s he moved to New York, played with Pharoah Sanders in 1965 and became known as a double bass player in the group of John Coltrane. Subsequently, he worked on recordings by Noah Howard, Marion Brown, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Gato Barbieri. Together with Leroy Jenkins and Jerome Cooper he founded in the early seventies, the " Revolutionary Ensemble ," said one of the major groups of avant-garde jazz was this decade and 6 boards grossed. He continues on with Sonny Sharrock, Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor, Clifford Thornton, Kali Fasteau, George Adams and James Blood Ulmer's " phalanx " and with Charles Gayle. 2004, there was a revival of " Revolutionary Ensemble " and with Billy Bang establishing the " Sirone Bang Ensemble".

Since 1989, he lived with his wife, actress Veronica Nowag -Jones, in Berlin.

Sources and links

• Sirone 's Memorial page on Facebook ( since Nov. 2010)
• Christian Broecking, Every tone a rescue center. Berlin, S. 133 ff (Interview)
• Column in DIE ZEIT online
• Discography (until 2003 probably complete)
• Sirone and the " Revolutionary Ensemble " in allaboutjazz.com (English)