Louis and the Good Book

by Louis Armstrong

Overview

An unusual album in the Louis Armstrong canon, this collection of gospel songs, spirituals, homilies, and comic vignettes was the only religious album this determinedly secular musician recorded. Backed by a gospel vocal group led by the celebrated jazz arranger Sy Oliver, Armstrong performs a variety of religious-themed favorites, including "Ezekiel Saw De Wheel," "Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven," and "Didn't it Rain," as well as "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from GUYS AND DOLLS. There's an affecting version of the traditional spiritual "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," and a particular highlight is the inclusion of two comic sermons by the musician's alter ego, Elder Eatmore.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2011
Label:	Wax Time
UPC:	8436028698813
Rank:	74460

Tracks

1. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
2. Shadrack
3. Go Down, Moses
4. Rock My Soul (In the Bosom of Abraham)
5. Ezekiel Saw da Wheel
6. On My Way (Got on My Travelin' Shoes)
7. Down by the Riverside
8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
9. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
10. Jonah and the Whale
11. Didn't It Rain
12. This Train
13. Dear Old Southland

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Sy Oliver   Primary Artist,Conductor
Sy Oliver Choir & the All Stars   Primary Artist
Harry Mills   Primary Artist,Organ,Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Decca Mixed Chorus   Primary Artist
The All Stars   Primary Artist
Sy Oliver Choir   Primary Artist
The Decca Chorus   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Billy Kyle   Piano
Lyn Murray   Conductor
Hank D'Amico   Clarinet
Everett Barksdale   Guitar
Joe Benjamin   Bass
Edmond Hall   Clarinet
George Barnes   Guitar
Mort Herbert   Bass
Trummy Young   Trombone
Barrett Deems   Drums
Johnny Blowers   Drums
Dave McRae   Clarinet
Lynn Murray   Conductor
Lillian Clark   Vocals

Technical Credits

Turner Layton   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Shorty Rogers   Composer
Sy Oliver   Arranger,Composer
Kevin Reeves   Mastering
Carlos Kase   Research
Robert MacGimsey   Composer
Richard Huey   Composer
Martin Williams   Liner Notes
Milt Gabler   Original Recording Producer
Bryan Koniarz   Production Supervisor
Henry Creamer   Composer
Willard Robison   Composer
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Ben Young   Reissue Producer
Peter Keepnews   Notes Editing
Lynn Murray   Arranger
Hollis King   Art Direction
Isabelle Wong   Design
Larry Gordon   Cover Photo
Cynthia Sesso   Photo Research
Sherniece Smith   Art Producer
Columbus C. Chapman   Composer
Colombus C. Chapman   Composer
Roy Carroll   Composer