James Chance

American saxophonist, composer, singer and pianist (1953–2024)

Born: 20 April 1953
Milwaukee
Died: 18 June 2024
New York City
Country: United States
Active: 1976–2019
Record labels: ZE Records

Biography

James Chance was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, electronic keyboard and voice. James Chance was born on 20 April 1953 in Milwaukee and died on 18 June 2024 in New York City. The music is usually filed under punk jazz, no wave and dance-punk. Record labels: ZE Records.

James Siegfried (April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024; known professionally as James Chance, originally as James White) was an American saxophonist, keyboard player, and singer. A key figure in no wave, he 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 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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