''Louis and the Good Book'' is a 1958 jazz and spirituals album by
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
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Singles included "I'll String Along with You" / "On My Way (Out on My Traveling Shoes)" 1959, also known as
I'm On My Way.
[Scott Allen Nollen ''Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career'' 2004 Page 142 "On My Way" is a blues with a train-like locomotion and a smokin' solo section featuring Louis and Trummy"]
Track listing
# "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" - 3:03
# "Shadrack" - 3:00
# "
Go Down Moses
"Go Down Moses" is a spiritual phrase that describes events in the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically Exodus 5:1: "And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may se ...
" - 3:37
# "Rock My Soul" - 3:12
# "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel" - 2:43
# "On My Way" - 3:05
# "Down by the Riverside" - 3:13
# "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - 3:10
# "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" - 3:31
# "Jonah and the Whale" - 2:50
# "Didn't It Rain" - 2:52
# "This Train" - 2:31
;Extra tracks on CD reissue:
# "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat (With Sy Oliver Chorus)" - 3:18
# "That's What the Man Said (With Sy Oliver Chorus)" - 2:58
# "Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven (With The Decca Chorus Dir. By Lyn Murray)" - 2:49
# "Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen (With The Decca Chorus Dir. By Lyn Murray)" - 3:12
# "Jonah and the Whale (With The Decca Chorus Dir. By Lyn Murray)" - 2:49
# "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones" - 4:22
# "Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity" - 4:22
References
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1958 albums
Louis Armstrong albums
Decca Records albums