| Go Go Swing Live | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers |
| Cover: | Go-Go Swing Live album cover.png |
| Released: | 1986 |
| Recorded: | 1986 |
| Venue: | The Crystal Skate Temple Hills, Maryland |
| Label: | Future Sound Records |
| Producer: | Reo Edwards |
| Prev Title: | Funk Express |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Any Other Way to Go? |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
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.[1] [2] [3] The album was recorded at the Crystal Skate (in Temple Hills, Maryland) and at the RSVP (a defunct nightclub in Washington, D.C.)[4]
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.