“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 (LP)
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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
Limited edition housed in a die cut craft sleeve, flooded pocket, in printed inner sleeve, with insert
Release notes
Limited edition 800 copies on black vinyl, inside a die cut craft card sleeve, flooded pocket, in printed inner sleeve. Includes 2 postcard inserts. Recorded on July 5, 1978 at Generation Sound, NYC
| A1 | Illusions Of Reality | 5:47 | |
| A2 | Breath Of Life | 13:56 | |
| B1 | Circumstances | 8:05 | |
| B2 | Libido | 14:13 |
- Sirone
- Bass
- Muneer B. Fennell
- Cello
- James Newton
- Flute
- Tony May
- Mixed By, Recorded By
- Famoudou Don Moye
- Percussion
- Gösta Peterson
- Photography
- Jim Silverman
- Producer





























































