‘Louis Armstrong Duets’ at Rosendale Theatre

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Will Friedwald, noted jazz and pop music critic and author of nine books on jazz and popular music, will present a show of video clips of Louis Armstrong singing duets with stars of stage and screen at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. Armstrong sang with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jimmy Durante, Mahalia Jackson, Rex Harrison, Johnny Cash, Danny Kaye,  Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Perry Como and many others. The show will include a rarely seen animation of Armstrong singing a duet with Ella Fitzgerald. Since 2014, Rosendale Theatre's Music Fan Film Series has curated and presented documentaries, feature films and concert films, ranging from rock to blues to jazz to classical and Broadway. Tickets are $8, $6 for Rosendale Theatre members. For more information, call 658-8989 or visit rosendaletheatre.org.