SATCHMO PLAYING AND SINGING HEAVENLY SPIRITUALS !!
PERSONNEL:
LOUIS ARMSTRONG, trumpet & vocals
Plus the All Stars & choir.
Arranged & conducted by SY OLIVER.
Tracks A1, B1, B4 & B6:
Trummy Young (tb), Dave McRae (cl),
Billy Kyle (p), Nick Tragg (org), George Barnes (g),
Mort Herbert (b), Barrett Deems (d), plus choir.
New York, February 4, 1958.
Tracks A2, A4, A6 & B5:
Same as above but Edmond Hall (cl)
replaces McRae, and Everett Barksdale (g) replaces Barnes.
New York, February 6, 1958.
Tracks A3, A5 & B2-B3:
Same as above but Hank D’Amico (cl)
replaces Hall. New York, February 7, 1958.
*BONUS TRACK (B7):
Louis Armstrong (tp), Billy Kyle (p) [instrumental duet]. New York, January 28, 1957.
Side A:
1 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN (Traditional) 3:02
2 SHADRACK (R. MacGimsey) 2:46
3 GO DOWN, MOSES (Traditional) 3:41
4 ROCK MY SOUL (In the Bosom of Abraham) (R. Huey) 2:58
5 EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL (Traditional) 2:33
6 ON MY WAY (Got on My Travelin’ Shoes) R. Carroll-Columbus C.
Chapman) 3:05
Side B:
1 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE Traditional) 3:10
2 SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT Traditional) 3:09
3 SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD (Traditional) 3:29
4 JONAH AND THE WHALE (R. MacGimsey) 2:39
5 DIDN’T IT RAIN (Traditional) 2:52
6 THIS TRAIN (R. Tharpe) 2:25
7 DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND (Henry Creamer-Turner Layton) 4:09*
All arrangements by SY OLIVER except B5 (Milt Gabler)
