Peter Duchin appeared on the cover of Town & Country in August 1965, when he and his band had a regular gig at the Maisonette in New York. He had just played Lyndon Johnson’s inauguration, and his ...

The dapper 28-year old Peter Duchin, who celebrates his 76th birthday on Sunday, graced our cover in August 1965. The Living Landmark—his official designation, thanks to a 1996 decree by New York ...

At a screening of “Green Book,” starring Mahershala Ali as pianist Don Shirley, one guest was intimately familiar with the story. “Don Shirley was a great friend of mine,” we hear acclaimed bandleader ...

“I’ve seen some of the damnedest things anyone could imagine,” writes Peter Duchin in his memoir “Face the Music.” Mr. Duchin, the pianist and bandleader, looks back on his glamorous highs and ...

“WHEN A match has equal partners, then I fear not,” wrote Aeschylus. REMEMBER YOU read it here first, or maybe you already knew it because there is plenty of buzz! My very good friend, the bandleader ...

Three well-known arts and film personalities will speak Wednesday as part of the free Litchfield County Writers Project series at the Torrington campus of the University of Connecticut. Peter Duchin ...

For bandleaders, society can be a cruel mistress. At debutante parties they receive compliments but not calling cards, at charity balls they take their breaks with their players instead of their ...

‘WE ALL have the same dreams,” wrote the perspicacious Joan Didion. NOT LONG ago Brooke Hayward and Peter Duchin were described as “a perfect blend of Broadway, Hollywood and New York society . . .