#James Chance

[musickickztoo]

RIP James Chance

April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024

[mudwerks]

(via James Chance, No Wave and Punk-Funk Pioneer, Dies at 71 - The New York Times)

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.

[undergroundrockpress]

Lydia Lunch and James Chance at Max’s Kansas City. Photo : Marcia Resnick - 1978.

[unaturalhistory]

Rest in Peace James Chance (1953/2024)

© Jimmy DeSana, circa 1980.

[thechemistryset]

Sleep well

James Chance

[jgthirlwell]

06.19.24 Sad to hear about the death of James Chance yesterday, after a long illness. A lynchpin of the no wave scene, the brutal Contortions tracks on No New York left a lasting impression.

[dustedmagazine]

RIP James Chance

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. James Chance

[weneverlearn]

R.I.P. James Chance.

I only got to see him twice among the last few years, at a small club and a larger outdoor summerfest, both intense and still right at unhinged… Chatted with him one time - nice, shy, brimming with mystery…

Image - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks; Chance far right - cribbed from Kristian Hoffman’s FB page.

[thesobsister]

Composer and musician James Chance/White has died, age 71.

He was one of the most visible faces of "no wave" in NYC in the late '70s, and his brand of skronky sax over downtown funk, as captured in this excerpt from the film Downtown 81, is redolent of that scene and sound.

He was in poor health and finances in the latter part of his life. A GoFundMe helped his family and friends get him settled for the last few years before he passed. That our creators have to have their health care crowdsourced is an indictment of our values. That we, as a government and society, have decided that our elderly have to suffer uncertain health care and financial security is an even harsher indictment.

aav.

[traderrock]

Anya Phillips and James Chance at the Mudd Club, 1979.

Photo - Chris Stein.

[merdum7]

Lydia Lunch & James Chance at Max’s , 1978

Photo by Marcia Resnick

[spilladabalia]

James White and the Blacks - Sax Maniac (Live - Downtown 81)

[saramencken]

Anya Philips and James Chance at the Mudd Club c 1979-80

Via @chrissteinplays

[werkboileddown]