James White & The Blacks ORIG CAN LP Off white EX ’79 Disco funk jazz New wave
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James White & The Blacks ORIG CAN LP Off white EX ’79 Disco funk jazz New wave
James White and the Blacks
Off whiteOriginal Canadian LP released in 1979 on ZE Records. Cat: ZEA33003.
For Off White, James Chance, 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 sound, Off White works primarily because Chance commits to both sides of the music. The disco rhythms, especially on "Almost Black, Pt. 1" and "Contort Yourself" are as pounding as anything Casablanca ever released (even the production is slick and polished), while his sax solos on both those tracks are squawks and bleats that would scare off all but the most committed avant-garde hipsters.
Tracks: Contour yourself/ Stained sheets/ Almost black/ (Tropical) heat wave/ White savages/ Off black/ White devil/ Bleached black.
Record has some light scuff marks and is in Excellent condition. Cover has light ring wear and marks and is in Excellent condition.
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