Norris Jones, better known as Sirone (September 28, 1940^[1] – October 21, 2009)^[2] was an American jazz bassist, trombonist, and composer.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia,^[3] 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.^[1] In 1966, in response to a call from Marion Brown, he moved to New York City,^[4] where he co-founded the "Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team" with Dave Burrell.^[1] He also worked with Brown, Gato Barbieri, Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, Sonny Sharrock, Sunny Murray, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, and Sun Ra,^[1] as well as with John Coltrane when he was near the end of his career.^[5]

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.^[1] In the 1970s and early 1980s Sirone recorded with Clifford Thornton, Roswell Rudd, Dewey Redman, Cecil Taylor, and Walt Dickerson.^[1]

In the 1980s, he was member of Phalanx, a group with guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, drummer Rashied Ali, and tenor saxophonist George Adams.^[6]

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, at the age of 69.^[2]

• 1979: Artistry (Of The Cosmos) with James Newton, Don Moye, Muneer Bernard Fennell^[7]
• 1982: Life Rays (Soul Note) with Walt Dickerson/Andrew Cyrille
• 2003: Sirone's Concord (Not Two Records)
• 2005: Live (Atavistic Records)
• 2005: Configuration (Silkheart Records) with Billy Bang

With the Revolutionary Ensemble

• 1972: Vietnam (ESP-Disk)
• 1972: Manhattan Cycles (India Navigation)
• 1975: The Psyche (RE Records)
• 1976: The Peoples Republic (A&M/Horizon)
• 1977: Revolutionary Ensemble (Enja)
• 2004: And Now... (Pi Recordings)
• 2008: Beyond the Boundary of Time (Mutable)
• 2012: Counterparts (Mutable)

With Sabir Mateen and Andrew Barker

• 2013: Infinite Flowers (Sagittarius A-Star)

With Oluyemi Thomas and Michael Wimberly

• 2010: Beneath Tones Floor (NoBusiness Records)

With George Adams

• 1989: Nightingale (Blue Note)

With The All Ear Trio (John Tchicai, Thomas Agergaard, and Peter Ole Jorgensen)

• 2008: Boiler (Ninth World Music)

With Albert Ayler

• 2004: Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70) (Revenant)

With Billy Bang

• 1988: Valve No. 10 (Soul Note)

With Gato Barbieri

• 1967: In Search of the Mystery (ESP-Disk)

With Dane Belany

• 1975: Motivations (Sahara Records)

With Marion Brown

• 1967: Three for Shepp (Impulse!)
• 1968: Why Not? (ESP-Disk)

With Dave Burrell

• 1968: High Won-High Two (Black Lion)

With Zusaan Kali Fasteau [de]

• 2004: Making Waves (Flying Note)

With Charles Gayle

• 1988: Always Born (Silkheart)
• 1988: Homeless (Silkheart)
• 1988: Spirits Before (Silkheart)
• 2003: Shout! (Cleanfeed)

With The Group (Ahmed Abdullah, Marion Brown, Billy Bang, Sirone, Fred Hopkins, Andrew Cyrille)

• 2012: Live (NoBusiness)

With Noah Howard

• 1966: At Judson Hall (ESP-Disk)
• 1969: The Black Ark (Freedom)

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

• 1973: Numatik Swing Band (JCOA)
• 1975: For Players Only with Leroy Jenkins (JCOA)

With Guerino Mazzola

• 2009: Liquid Bridges (Springer)

with the William Parker Bass Quartet

• 2006: Requiem (Splasc(H)) – with Charles Gayle

With Phalanx

• 1987: Original Phalanx (DIW Records)
• 1988: In Touch (DIW Records)

With Dewey Redman

• 1973: The Ear of the Behearer (Impulse!)
• 1974: Coincide (Impulse!)

With Pharoah Sanders

• 1969: Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Strata-East)

With Sonny Sharrock

• 1969: Black Woman (Vortex)

With Cecil Taylor

• 1974: Spring of Two Blue J's (Unit Core)
• 1978: One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (hat Hut)
• 1978: Live in the Black Forest (MPS)
• 1978: 3 Phasis (New World)
• 1978: Cecil Taylor Unit (New World)
• 1993: Always a Pleasure (FMP)
• 2022: The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert (Oblivion)

With Clifford Thornton

• 1972: Communications Network (Third World)

• 2008: Teak Leaves at The Temple by Garin Nugroho

• Discography of Sirone recordings Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

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