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{{Infobox album |
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| name = Go Go Swing Live |
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| type = live |
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| artist = [[Chuck Brown|Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers]] |
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| cover = Go-Go Swing Live album cover.png |
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| released = 1986 |
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| recorded = 1986 |
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| venue = The Crystal Skate<br>[[Temple Hills, Maryland]] |
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| Last album = ''[[We Need Some Money]]''<br />(1984) |
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| label = Future Sound Records |
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| This album = '''''Go Go Swing Live'''''<br />(1986) |
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| prev_title = [[Funk Express]] |
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| prev_year = 1980 |
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| next_year = 1987 |
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{{Album ratings |
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic |class=album |id=go-go-swing-live-mw0000245299 |tab=overview |label=Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: ''Go Go Swing Live'' > Review |first=Andrew |last=Hamilton|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = [[Artistdirect|ARTISTdirect]] |
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| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/albums/releases/chuck-brown/408718 |publisher=[[Artistdirect|ARTISTdirect]]|accessdate=3 November 2016 }}</ref> |
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| rev3 = ''[[MusicHound|musicHound R&B]]'' |
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| rev3Score = (4/5)<ref name="mHound">{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |last2=Freedom du Lac |first2=Josh |last3=McFarlin |first3=Jim |editor-last=Terrell |editor-first=Tom |year=1998 |title=[[MusicHound|musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide]] |location=[[Detroit]] |publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]] |edition=1st |chapter=''A-Z Guide to R&B Acts'': Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers |page=[https://archive.org/details/musichoundrbesse00graf/page/78 78] |isbn=1-57859-026-4 }}</ref> |
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'''''Go Go Swing Live''''' is a [[live album]] recorded and released in [[1986]] by the [[Washington, D.C.]]–based [[go-go]] band [[Chuck Brown|Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers]].<ref name="ThirdEye">{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Dave |author-link1=Dave Thompson (author) |year=2001 |chapter=Part Four: ''The New School'' |title=Funk: Third Ear - ''The Essential Listening Companion'' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC |edition=1st |location=[[San Francisco]] |publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|BackBeat Books]] |pages=297–299 |isbn=0-87930-629-7}}</ref><ref name="TheBeat1stEd">{{cite book |last1=Lornell |first1=Kip |last2=Stephenson |first2=Charles C. Jr.|date=2001 |title=[[The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop]] |publisher=[[Billboard Books]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/beatgogosfusion00lorn/page/252 252] |isbn=0-8230-7727-6 }}</ref><ref name=Kojo>{{cite episode|title=From Go-Go’s Heyday to Today: One Musician’s Love Affair With D.C. Music |url=http://wamu.org/story/14/02/14/from_go_gos_heyday_to_today_one_musicians_love_affair_with_dc_music/ |access-date=2 December 2016 |series=The Kojo Nnamdi Show |last1=Nnamdi |first1=Kojo |author-link=Kojo Nnamdi |station=[[WAMU]] |date=February 14, 2014 |language=English}}</ref> The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in [[Temple Hills, Maryland]]) and at the RSVP (a defunct [[music venue|nightclub]] in Washington, D.C.)<ref name=DCist>{{cite web |title=11 Of The Best Albums Recorded in the D.C. Area |url=http://dcist.com/2016/08/the_best_albums_recorded_in_the_dc.php |first=Sriram |last=Gopal |date=August 4, 2016 |publisher=[[Gothamist|DCist]] |access-date=26 November 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115001018/http://dcist.com/2016/08/the_best_albums_recorded_in_the_dc.php |archivedate=15 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name=Kojo /> |
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⚫ | The album consists of go-go renditions of classic [[jazz]] and [[Swing (jazz performance style)|swing]] songs performed with a go-go beat. The album is especially known for remakes of the [[calypso music|calypso]] song "Run Joe", and the swing songs "Stormy Monday" and "It Don't Mean a Thing". The album was ranked No. 1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by [[Gothamist|DCist]].<ref name=DCist /> |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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{{Track listing |
{{Track listing |
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| total_length = {{Duration|m=61|s=09}} |
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| title2 = [[Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke song)|Midnight Sun]] |
| title2 = [[Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton and Sonny Burke song)|Midnight Sun]] |
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| writer2 = {{hlist| [[Sonny Burke]] | [[Lionel Hampton]] | [[Johnny Mercer]] }} |
| writer2 = {{hlist| [[Sonny Burke]] | [[Lionel Hampton]] | [[Johnny Mercer]] }} |
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| length2 = 3:23 |
| length2 = 3:23 |
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| title3 = [[Moody's Mood for Love|Moody's Mood]] |
| title3 = [[Moody's Mood for Love|Moody's Mood]] |
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| title4 = Woody Woodpecker |
| title4 = Woody Woodpecker |
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| writer4 = {{hlist| [[Louis Jordan]] | Joe Willoughby }} |
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* [[Louis Jordan]] |
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* Joe Willoughby |
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| length4 = 2:23 |
| length4 = 2:23 |
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==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
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* Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar |
* Chuck Brown – [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[electric guitar]] |
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* Ricardo D. Wellman – drums |
* Ricardo D. Wellman – [[drum kit|drums]] |
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* Rowland Smith – |
* Rowland Smith – [[conga]]s, backing vocals |
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* Glenn Ellis |
* Glenn Ellis – [[bass guitar]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]] |
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* Curtis Johnson – keyboards |
* Curtis Johnson – [[electric keyboard|keyboards]] |
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* John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone |
* John M. Buchannan – keyboards, [[trombone]] |
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* Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone |
* Leroy Fleming – [[tenor saxophone]], backing vocals |
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* Donald Tillery – trumpet, tambourine |
* Donald Tillery – [[trumpet]], tambourine, backing vocals |
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* Backing vocals – Donald Tillery, Leroy Fleming, Rowland Smith |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://www.discogs.com/Chuck-Brown-And-The-Soul-Searchers-Go-Go-Swing-Live/release/5273387 Go Go Swing Live] at [[Discogs.com]] |
*[https://www.discogs.com/Chuck-Brown-And-The-Soul-Searchers-Go-Go-Swing-Live/release/5273387 ''Go Go Swing Live''] at [[Discogs.com]] |
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{{Chuck Brown}} |
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[[Category:1986 live albums]] |
[[Category:1986 live albums]] |
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[[Category:Chuck Brown albums]] |
[[Category:Chuck Brown albums]] |
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[[Category:Live rhythm and blues albums]] |
[[Category:Live rhythm and blues albums]] |
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[[Category:Live jazz-funk albums]] |
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Go Go Swing Live | ||||
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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 No. 1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by DCist.[7]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)" | 3:15 | |
2. | "Midnight Sun" | 3:23 | |
3. | "Moody's Mood" | 5:07 | |
4. | "Woody Woodpecker" |
| 2:23 |
5. | "Harlem Nocturne" | Earle H. Hagen | 5:49 |
6. | "Run Joe" |
| 8:54 |
7. | "Stormy Monday" | T-Bone Walker | 5:46 |
8. | "Boogie on Go-Go Woman" | Stevie Wonder | 7:02 |
9. | "Family Affair" | Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart | 6:12 |
10. | "Take the Go-Go Train" | Billy Strayhorn | 4:51 |
11. | "Day-O" | Irving Burgie | 8:31 |
Total length: | 61:09 |
Personnel
[edit]- Chuck Brown – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Ricardo D. Wellman – drums
- Rowland Smith – congas, backing vocals
- Glenn Ellis – bass guitar, percussion
- Curtis Johnson – keyboards
- John M. Buchannan – keyboards, trombone
- Leroy Fleming – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Donald Tillery – trumpet, tambourine, backing vocals
References
[edit]- ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Go Go Swing Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 78. ISBN 1-57859-026-4.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7.
- ^ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Charles C. Jr. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
- ^ a b Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ a b Gopal, Sriram (August 4, 2016). "11 Of The Best Albums Recorded in the D.C. Area". DCist. Archived from the original on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.