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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=dead |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 />
'''''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=dead |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 />


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 #1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by [[Gothamist|DCist]].<ref name=DCist />
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 #1 as the "Best Album Recorded in D.C." by [[Gothamist|DCist]].<ref name=DCist />

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Go Go Swing Live
Live album by
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
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[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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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. Hagen5:49
6."Run Joe"
8:54
7."Stormy Monday"T-Bone Walker5:46
8."Boogie on Go-Go Woman"Stevie Wonder7:02
9."Family Affair"Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart6:12
10."Take the Go-Go Train"Billy Strayhorn4:51
11."Day-O"Irving Burgie8:31
Total length:61:09

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: Go Go Swing Live > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  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.
  5. ^ 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.
  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.
  7. ^ 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.
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