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.[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]

Go Go Swing Live
Live album by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released	1986
Recorded	1986
Venue	The Crystal Skate Temple Hills, Maryland
Genre	Go-go swing jazz-funk
Length	61:09
Label	Future Sound Records
Producer	Reo 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
ARTISTdirect	[2]
musicHound R&B	(4/5)[3]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Don't Have the Go Go Swing)"	Duke Ellington Irving Mills	3:15
2.	"Midnight Sun"	Sonny Burke Lionel Hampton Johnny Mercer	3:23
3.	"Moody's Mood"	Dorothy Fields Jimmy McHugh James Moody	5:07
4.	"Woody Woodpecker"	Louis Jordan Joe Willoughby	2:23
5.	"Harlem Nocturne"	Earle H. Hagen	5:49
6.	"Run Joe"	Louis Jordan Joe Willoughby	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

• 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

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, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop. Billboard Books. p. 252. ISBN 0-8230-7727-6.
6. 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. 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.

External links

• Go Go Swing Live at Discogs.com