Louis and the Good Book, released October 1958, thunders as Louis Armstrong's gospel reckoning from the sacred hush of Chicago's Ter-Mar Studios. Soul-stirring anthems "Go Down Moses," "Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen," "Shadrack," and "Down by the Riverside" blaze with Satchmo's gravelly trumpet exultation and choir-backed vocal fire. This spiritual juggernaut fuses jazz swagger with biblical thunder in transcendent glory.

Sessions ignited mid-1958 as Armstrong, fresh from global triumphs, dove into Negro spirituals with Sy Oliver's orchestral polish and vocal group lift. Producers captured his New Orleans roots meeting sacred repertoire amid peak career blaze, blending big-band drive with heavenly call. Chicago's intimate space forged raw devotion from the jazz pioneer's deepest faith.

It rode to No. 6 on Billboard's Spirituals chart, a surprise smash bridging sacred and secular realms. Louis and the Good Book cements Armstrong's gospel legacy, proving his trumpet could summon angels alongside sinners. Generations revere its joyous roar as jazz's ultimate hallelujah.

Tracklist

• Go Down Moses

• Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen

• Shadrack

• Down by the Riverside

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

• Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho

• Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

• Ezekiel Saw de Wheel