“The nature of each instrument’s timbral properties seems to make space for the next, feeding off of interplay rather than its own driving force, producing an outcome that is open, human, and profoundly rich.”
Sirone
Artistry
FormatCDLabelMoved By SoundGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Artistry was Sirone's first album as a leader, recorded in 1978, just after the split of the Revolutionary Ensemble. Artistry has an Atypical combination of instruments, bass, cello , flute and percussion and delivers aplenty. Listen and you will know. Sirone ( Norris Jones) had an enormously prolific career as a bassist, both as a member of the Revolutionary Ensemble and playing with many of the best musicians of the 20th century - from Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Gato Barbieri, Noah Howard, William Parker, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock,Marion Brown ... and the list goes on.
This edition
Available on CD for the first time and housed in a lovely reverse printed card gatefold sleeve
Release notes
Originally released in 1979 as [r3436012] Limited edition 1000 copies Reverse printed card gatefold sleeve
| 1 | Illusions Of Reality | 5:47 | |
| 2 | Breath Of Life | 13:56 | |
| 3 | Circumstances | 8:05 | |
| 4 | Libido | 14:15 |
- Sirone
- Bass
- Muneer B. Fennell
- Cello
- James Newton
- Flute
- Don Moye
- Percussion







































