Louis Armstrong

And The Good Book Louis Armstrong

A jazz musician playing spirituals? In a sense that is what Louis

Armstrong has been doing all along. Anyone who has ever read a

history of jazz knows that there's supposed to be a relationship

between jazz and spirituals, jazz and work songs, jazz and the

blues. The patterns which the sax and reed sections use in swing

band arrangements are drawn from the "call" (the preacher) and

"response" (the congregation) patterns used in churches. This

album clearly shows Armstrong's heritage and what an outstanding

and versatile musician he was.