Person · Male
James Chance
- From
- Milwaukee, United States
- Active
- 1953–2024
- Releases
- 3
- no wave
About
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.
Member of
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James Chance and the Contortions eponymous, lead vocals, saxophone
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James Chance & Terminal City eponymous
Discography
Singles
Compilations
Links
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Social
Is person
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 07b9f61f-843c-4e7c-b602-e133ae6a04dc
- ISNI
- 0000000406708034
- IPI
- 00043781478
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.