Louis and the Good Book

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Louis and the Good Book Review

by AllMusic

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.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
2
Shadrack
Robert MacGimsey
Louis Armstrong feat: Sy Oliver 02:46 SpotifyAmazon
3
Go Down, Moses
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:41 SpotifyAmazon
4
Rock My Soul (In the Bosom of Abraham)
Richard Huey
Louis Armstrong 02:58 SpotifyAmazon
5
Ezekiel Saw da Wheel
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:33 SpotifyAmazon
6
On My Way
Roy Carroll / Traditional
Louis Armstrong feat: Sy Oliver 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
7
Down by the Riverside
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:10 SpotifyAmazon
8
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
9
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:29 SpotifyAmazon
10
Jonah and the Whale
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:39 SpotifyAmazon
11
Didn't It Rain
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:52 SpotifyAmazon
12
This Train
Big Bill Broonzy / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:31 SpotifyAmazon
13
Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat
Frank Loesser
Louis Armstrong 03:18 SpotifyAmazon
14
That's What the Man Said
Willard Robison
Louis Armstrong 02:58 SpotifyAmazon
15
Shadrack
Robert MacGimsey
Louis Armstrong feat: Sy Oliver 02:36 SpotifyAmazon
16
Going to Shout All over God's Heaven
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
17
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 03:12 SpotifyAmazon
18
Jonah and the Whale
Traditional
Louis Armstrong 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
19
Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones
Shorty Rogers
Louis Armstrong 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
20
Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity
Shorty Rogers
Louis Armstrong 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
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