Go Go Swing Live

Go Go Swing Live is a live album recorded and released in 1986 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in Temple Hills, Maryland) and at the RSVP (a defunct nightclub in Washington, D.C.)

Go Go Swing Live
Live album by
Released1986
Recorded1986
VenueThe Crystal Skate
Temple Hills, Maryland
Genre
Length61:09
LabelFuture Sound Records
ProducerReo Edwards
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
Funk Express
(1980)
Go Go Swing Live
(1986)
Any Other Way to Go?
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
ARTISTdirect
musicHound R&B(4/5)

The album consists of go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album is especially known for remakes of the calypso song "Run Joe", and the swing songs "Stormy Monday" and "It Don't Mean a Thing". The album was ranked #1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by DCist.

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