Louis and The Good Book

by Louis Armstrong

Louis and The Good Book cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:33
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by a large choir arranged by Sy Oliver, the jazz pioneer explores a traditional repertoire of spirituals and religious anthems. The joyous, swinging interpretations inject deep emotional resonance and rhythmic vitality into centuries-old hymns of faith and redemption.

Genres

Descriptors: christian, melodic, spirituality, choral, vocal, traditional, call-and-response

Tracklist

  1. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
  2. Shadrack
  3. Go Down Moses
  4. Rock My Soul
  5. Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
  6. On My Way
  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

Credits

  • Dirty White Boy - primary artist

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