James Chance
USA
Born: 20 April 1953
Styles: No Wave, New Wave, New York Punk, Post-Punk, Punk/New Wave, Free Funk, Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz, Fusion
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One of the central figures of the No Wave movement of the late '70s, James Chance & the Contortions formed in New York City in 1977. They were led by vocalist/saxophonist Chance, a Milwaukee native (born James Sigfried) who also answered to the alias James White. After relocating to the Big Apple to play free jazz, he fell in with the city's avant-garde community; upon adopting the surname Chance and acquiring a wardrobe of outrageously loud suits, Chance formed the Contortions, an abrasively chaotic funk-noise outfit featuring organist Adele B...
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