James Chance

James Chance is a brillant, yet still underground musician. Starting in the No Wave scene of NYC, James was a combo of James Brown, and Ornette Coleman. His songs were very punk, but also very jazz at the same time. Combine this w/ Fancy Footwork, and a Underground legend is created. His early lp's with his backup band "The Contortions" have classics like "Contort Yourself" and "I Can't Stand Myself". Never gaining a huge fanbase in the US, he still records and is very popular in Europe, where he peforms on occasion