
Northern Ireland Science Fiction author (1928-1999)
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1) James Chance alias James White, a veteran of New York's avant-garde no wave scene, recast his seminal band the Contortions as a parody of a soul band, albeit one incorporating the rhythms of disco and funk rather than R&B. Thus, Chance became James White (as a nod to James Brown), the Contortions became the Blacks, and his music, previously a twisted, experimental brand of avant-jazz, became a disco/funk/free jazz hybrid. As bizarre as the fusion of Albert Ayler and Giorgio Moroder might soun
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· 2021 · cited 76,845x
· 1976 · cited 67,086x
· 2012 · cited 64,943x
· 2020 · cited 34,522x
· 1988 · cited 31,219x
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