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    James Chance, also known as James White (born James Siegfried, April 20, 1953 – June 18, 2024), was an American saxophonist, keyboard player, and singer...
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    James Chance and the Contortions (initially known simply as Contortions, a spin-off group is called James White and the Blacks) was a musical group led...
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  • James Chance is an American saxophonist. James Chance may also refer to: Sir James Timmins Chance, industrialist, philanthropist and pioneering designer...
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    Sir James Timmins Chance, 1st Baronet (22 March 1814 – 6 January 1902) was an English industrialist, philanthropist, director of the London and North Western...
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  • member of the group and bassist George Scott III who would later join James Chance and the Contortions and collaborate with Lydia Lunch of Teenage Jesus...
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    late 1970s. She was also the manager and girlfriend of musician James Chance (aka James White). Phillips was born in Taiwan in 1955. Her mother traveled...
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  • Taking Chance is a 2009 American historical drama television film directed by Ross Katz, from a screenplay by Michael Strobl and Katz, based on the journal...
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  • performance style of punk rock. The term was first used to describe James Chance and the Contortions' 1979 album Buy. Punk jazz is closely related to...
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    created for James Timmins Chance (22 March 1814 – 6 January 1902), a grandson of William Chance who had started the family business in 1771. James became head...
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  • of the stylized production he was known for on other artists' albums. James Chance stated that the Contortions tracks were "done totally live in the studio...
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    program. Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with Dennis James on James' Chance of a Lifetime in 1954. He later appeared in two episodes of The...
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    ang Mamahalin (2001 – 2002), Rubi (2010), Lorenzo's Time (2012), One More Chance (2007), Now and Forever: Ganti (2005) and in the 2014 GMA afternoon primetime...
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  • group. Other artists named as influences for the band include Chrome, James Chance, and Whitehouse, and the group's name comes from a Punishment of Luxury...
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    a better chance of winning an NBA championship than had he stayed in Cleveland. Heat president Pat Riley played a major role in selling James on the idea...
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  • Simon (1995). "Review: James White And The Blacks - Off White (Infinite Zero/American) / James Chance & The Contortions - Lost Chance (ROIR)". Mojo. Murray...
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    A game of chance is in contrast with a game of skill. It is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device. Common devices used...
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  • term for complicated geological folds Contortions may also refer to: James Chance and the Contortions, a musical group Contort may additionally refer to:...
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  • 2nd Chance is the second novel in the Women's Murder Club series written by James Patterson with Andrew Gross. It is the sequel to 1st to Die. Homicide...
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    Chancelor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer...
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  • Buy (album) (category James Chance albums)
    Dean. "Buy – James Chance / James Chance & The Contortions". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2013. Peacock, Tim (May 2016). "James Chance & The Contortions...
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  • artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and featuring such East Village artists as James Chance, Amos Poe, Walter Steding, Tav Falco and Elliott Murphy, the film is...
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  • City dance-punk included Defunkt, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Material, James Chance and the Contortions, Cristina Monet, Bush Tetras, ESG, and Liquid Liquid...
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    formed part of the city's no wave movement. Lydia Lunch met saxophonist James Chance at CBGB and moved into his two-room apartment. She started to combine...
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  • film features no wave cinema regular Lydia Lunch along with Mitchell, James Chance, John Lurie, Judy Rifka, Jim Sutcliffe, Lance Loud, Mitch Corber, Patti...
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  • Off White (category James Chance albums)
    no wave band James White and the Blacks. In late 1978, ZE Records co-founder Michael Zilkha approached James Chance and offered Chance $10,000 to record...
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    patrons | Chance for Childhood - Children's charity". Chance for Childhood. Retrieved 5 October 2020. Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Cosmo....
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  • manager Fred Chance, American illustrator Greyson Chance (born 1997), American singer Hugh Chance (1911–1998), American religious person James Chance (born 1953)...
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    Jesus and the Jerks along with material of other groups Mars, DNA and James Chance and the Contortions. In the 1980s, Big Black, Sonic Youth and Swans were...
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    consisted of the musicians improvising a punk funk jam (like Defunkt or James Chance and the Contortions) while Kiedis rapped a poem he wrote titled "Out...
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  • Second Chance, A Second Chance, The Second Chance, or 2nd Chance may refer to: Second Chance (1947 film), an American film noir Second Chance (1950 film)...
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