Lorenzo Wyche songs. James Chance & The Contortions: James Chance; Jerry Agony, Nic North, Al McDowell (bass guitar); Patrick Geoffrois, Lorenzo Wyche, Fred Wells, Richie Harrison, Anya Phillips. Recorded in June of 1980, Soul Exorcism proves that jazz, funk, experimental, and new wave make quite an intoxicating mix when perfected. James Chance sums up the proceedings perfectly in the liner notes, where he states that the music perfectly reveals the essence and soul of New York City (even though it was recorded in Rotterdam). Backed up by a stellar backing band, which Chance himself calls one of the most volatile units he's worked with, the Contortions simply shine. Like most other Contortions recordings, cacophony rears its head from time to time, but that's what the band uses to paint different moods and textures: it's not used haphazardly. The whole album is inspired from beginning to end, and features such great tracks as "I Danced with a Zombie," "Exorcise the Funk," and a pair of interesting covers -- Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and James Brown's "King Heroin." [In 2007 the Roir label reissued the album as Soul Exorcism Redux. Three tracks from a 1987 demo session were added to the end of the track list along with new art work.] ~ Greg Prato Recorded live in Rotterdam, Holland in June, 1980. Includes liner notes by James White. Personnel: James Chance (vocals, alto saxophone, organ); Fred Wells, Jerry Agony (guitar); Patrick Geoffrois (slide guitar, background vocals); Lorenzo Wyche (trumpet); Nic North (keyboards, drum programming); Richard Harrison, Richie Harrison (drums); Anya Phillips (background vocals). Liner Note Author: James Chance. Recording information: Rotterdam, The Netherlands (06/1980-??/1987). Introduction by: Anya Phillips. Photographers: Anya Phillips; Patrick Bertholot. Personnel: James Chance (vocals, alto saxophone, organ), Patrick Geoffrois (slide guitar, background vocals), Fred Wells (guitar), Lorenzo Wyche (trumpet), Al McDowell (bass), Richie Harrison (drums), Anya Phillips (background vocals).

Lorenzo Wyche CD discography. Originally released via a French label in 1980 soon after its recording, and getting a long overdue domestic issue in 2004 as part of the ZE label's reactivation, Paris 1980 Live Aux Bains Douches acts as a counterpart to the ROIR Live in New York/White Cannibal set, recorded around the same period. With a different set list to the NYC tape, as well as much clearer sound, Live Aux Bains Douches, recorded at the Paris venue of that name in front of a loudly appreciative crowd, has plenty of snarling passion from Chance and company, but also the same sense of control and skill that makes his early albums so gripping. Blasting off with the astonishing reworking of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" -- at once recognizable, danceable and screwed up, especially when Chance takes over on sax towards the end -- the show varies between similarly devolved covers and takes on originals. One easily gets the sense of how Chance and his band concentrated on balancing out all elements of their performance -- the ...

Lorenzo Wyche albums. 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, ...

Lorenzo Wyche music CDs. Recorded in June of 1980, Soul Exorcism proves that jazz, funk, experimental, and new wave make quite an intoxicating mix when perfected. James Chance sums up the proceedings perfectly in the liner notes, where he states that the music perfectly ...