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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.

Details
Cat. number: n/a
Year: 2022

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

Tracklist
A1Illusions Of Reality5:47
A2Breath Of Life13:56
B1Circumstances8:05
B2Libido14:13
Credits
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
Soundohm

“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.”

Bradford Bailey
12 July 2022
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