1986 live album by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
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]
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References
^ 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 .
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