An excellent technician and underrated composer,
Sirone was part of the great
Revolutionary Ensemble trio in the '70s, and has also worked with many other free bandleaders and groups. His prominent tone and decisive playing expertly meshed with
Leroy Jenkins' and
Jerome Cooper's on
Ensemble recordings and in concert.
Sirone worked in Atlanta with a band called the Group in the late '50s and early '60s.
George Adams was among the players in this ensemble.
Sirone moved to New York in the mid-'60s, and helped form the Untraditional Jazz Improvisational Team with
Dave Burrell. He did sessions with
Marion Brown,
Gato Barbieri,
Pharoah Sanders,
Noah Howard, and
Sonny Sharrock in the late '60s, and also played with
Sunny Murray,
Albert Ayler,
Archie Shepp,
Sun Ra, and many others.
Sirone spent six years with
the Revolutionary Ensemble, originally forming it with
Jenkins and Frank Clayton (later replaced by
Cooper). He recorded with
Clifford Thornton,
Roswell Rudd,
Dewey Redman,
Cecil Taylor, and
Walt Dickerson in the '70s and early '80s. The trio date with
Sirone,
Dickerson, and
Andrew Cyrille is available on CD, as are some earlier dates featuring him with
Taylor,
Redman, and others. ~ Ron Wynn