Go Go Swing Live | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Venue | The Crystal Skate Temple Hills, Maryland | |||
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Length | 61:09 | |||
Label | Future Sound Records | |||
Producer | Reo Edwards | |||
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
ARTISTdirect | [2] |
musicHound R&B | (4/5)[3] |
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.[4][5][6] The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in Temple Hills, Maryland) and at the RSVP (a defunct nightclub in Washington, D.C.)[7][6]
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.[7]