Sirone - 28 September 1940 - 22 October 2009

announcement: 

Reports coming in that Sirone (aka Norris Jones) has died.

Obituary

This obit appeared in today's Guardian (UK national newspaper):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/09/sirone-obituary

phil hargreaves
whi music

Sirone memorial concert

Sirone (Norris Jones) Memorial Concert

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010. 7 - 10 pm.

SAINT PETER'S CHURCH
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street; New York, NY 10022. tel: 212.935-2200. www.saintpeters.org

A celebration of the life and music of the late / great bassist and composer Sirone (Norris Jones). Many of Sirone's illustrious colleagues to perform in tribute to the legendary bassist at New York's "jazz church."

Music by:

Andrew Cyrille, Billy Bang, Dave Burrell, Henry Grimes, Muhammad Ali, Michael Wimberly, Ramsey Ameen, Ahmed Abdullah, Kali. Z. Fasteau, Ted Daniel, Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell, Juma Sultan, Reggie Nicholson, Hilliard Greene, Veronika Nowag-Jones, Ras Moshe, Jason Kao Hwang, Bobby Kapp, Abdoulaye N'Diaye, Laurence Clark, Charles Waters, Andrew Barker, Adam Roberts, (more t.b.a.).

Words by:
Jerome Cooper, Michael Wimberly, Steve Dalachinsky

SIRONE
September 28, 1940, Atlanta – October 21, 2009, Berlin