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James Chance, also known as James White (born James Siegfried, April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024), was an American saxophonist, keyboard player, and singer. A key figure in no wave, Chance played a combination of improvisational jazz -like music and punk in the New York music scene from the late 1970s on, in such bands as Teenage ...
Jun 20, 2024 · James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and composer who melded punk, funk and free jazz into bristling dance music as the leader of the Contortions, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 71.
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3 days ago · James Chance, 1953–2024. James Chance, né Siegfried, sometimes known as James White, has died, aged seventy-one, after a long illness. He was best known as the leader of the Contortions, one of the bands that defined the no wave, which could be said to have been punk rock’s punk rock. It was somewhere around 1978 that the face of punk rock ...
Jun 20, 2024 · In memory of James Chance, who has sadly passed away aged 71, MOJO revisits our interview with Chance and his fellow No Wave disruptors.
Jun 19, 2024 · James Chance, no wave legend and Contortions founder, has died aged 71. The news was confirmed on Chance's Facebook page yesterday, June 18th. "Musician James Chance, who blended punk rock aggression with funk and free jazz expression, has died aged 71," the post read.
Jun 19, 2024 · James Chance, frontman of James Chance and the Contortions, has left this world at the age of 71 after a lengthy illness. Born on April 20, 1953, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, James Siegfried, as he was first known, became a pioneering force in the No Wave movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
Jun 19, 2024 · After The Contortions disbanded in 1979, Chance founded James White and the Blacks, and appeared in films like Rosa von Praunheim’s Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot and the Jean-Michel...
