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.)
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.
Track listing
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
External links Go Go Swing Live at Discogs.com