voc, as, *1953 US, Milwaukee
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Electronic, Jazz and Rock
A.k.a. James Siegfried James Chance
James Chance, also known as James White (born April 20, 1953 as James Siegfried in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), is an American saxophonist, keyboard player, songwriter and singer.A key figure in No Wave, Chance has been playing a combination of improvisational jazz-like music and punk in the New York music scene since the late 1970s, in such bands as Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, James Chance and the Contortions, James White and the Blacks (as he appeared in the film Downtown 81), The Flaming Demonics, James Chance & the Sardonic Symphonics, James Chance and Terminal City, and James Chance and Les Contortions.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Chance / White Box Set | James White & The Blacks / James Chance & The Contortions / James White | 2005 | Compil. |
James White's Flaming Demonics | James White | 1983 | Album |
Second Chance | James White And The Contortions | 1980 | Compil. |