Bill Kwan

Vocalist Bill Kwan is known for his tender, nuanced brand of crossover jazz. Following his 2013 standards album debut, Kwan gained wider acclaim for his jazz renditions of modern pop and rock songs, as on 2015's Poison & Wine and 2021's Ordinary Love: The Music of Sade. A California native, Kwan first became interested in jazz while studying medicine at the University of Southern California. Inspired after attending concerts by singers like Mel Tormé, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald, he began singing. He eventually settled in San Francisco, where he set up his own dermatolo...