The Good Book

by Golden Gate Quartet

Overview

Perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the venerable Golden Gate Quartet still exists after so long. With their "jubilee" stylings, they have had an incalculable influence on gospel music. Of course, this version of the quartet inevitably features a different group of people, but they've stayed very true to the original sound, keeping everything classic and pure. Throughout their time, there have been plenty of oddities in their work, such as "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'" during the Second World War. And this is another one. It's essentially a studio best-of with tracks taken from their other releases, but with a theme: they take Louis Armstrong's 1958 album The Good Book and replicate it in their wonderful way, thanks in part to some excellent arrangements by Quincy Jones. There's still plenty of energy in the sound, with harmonies that are truly sublime, and the kind of drive that many believe had vanished from gospel music. Brilliant in every way. ~ Chris Nickson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2003
Label:	Fr?Meaux & Associ?S
UPC:	3561302246529
Rank:	247769

Tracks

1. I Soon Will Be Done With the Troubles of This World
2. Shadrack
3. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
4. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
5. Rock My Soul
6. The End of My Journey
7. Gospel Train
8. Go Down Moses
9. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
10. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
11. Didn't It Rain
12. Hush Hush
13. Oh Happy Day
14. Down by the Riverside
15. Wade in the Water
16. Swing Down Chariot
17. Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen
18. Oh Happy Day

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Golden Gate Quartet   Primary Artist
Clyde Wright   Director

Technical Credits

Clyde Wright   Arranger
Golden Gate Quartet   Arranger
Dominque Samarcq   Engineer
Quincy Jones   Arranger
Orlandus Wilson   Arranger
Robert McGimsey   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Patrick Fremeaux   Producer