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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.
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Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ROBERT MACGIMSEY, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Huey, ComposerLyricist - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Carroll, ComposerLyricist - Colombus C. Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Arranger, Recording Arranger, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ROBERT MACGIMSEY, ComposerLyricist - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Trummy Young, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer - Mort Herbert, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Kyle, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rosetta Tharpe, ComposerLyricist - The All Stars, FeaturedArtist - Sy Oliver Choir, Voices, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barrett Deems, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer
℗ 1950 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - WILLARD ROBISON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1950 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - ROBERT MACGIMSEY, ComposerLyricist - Lyn Murray, Conductor, Artist - The Decca Chorus, Choir, Artist
℗ 1938 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sy Oliver, Arranger, Work Arranger - Lyn Murray, Conductor - The Decca Mixed Choir, MainArtist
℗ 1938 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - ROBERT MACGIMSEY, ComposerLyricist - the Decca Mixed Chorus, MainArtist
℗ 1938 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Harry Mills, MainArtist
℗ 1938 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Louis Armstrong, MainArtist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Harry Mills, MainArtist
℗ 1938 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:21
- Main artists: Louis Armstrong
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca
- Genre: Jazz
© 1958 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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