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        ill Bucher Jr. has been singing and playing music for decades since he covered keyboards and vocals in his high school garage rock band. Bill spent his childhood listening to big band record albums belonging to his father, a self-taught jazz pianist and WWII veteran who came of age during the "Swing Era." Bill says he's "always had a thing for swing" because to him "it feels like home."

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Bill’s versatile voice can evoke the many styles and moods of the most popular male singers from the 40's, 50's and 60's, yet he also brings a fresh and deeply personal touch to everything he does. His performances combine the skills and sensitivities he has accumulated from a lifetime of swing music appreciation and performing with pop groups, community bands and swing bands. 

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Bill studied voice and performance under the instruction of Darmon Meader, Kim Nazarian, Peter Eldridge and Lauren Kinhan, members of the The New York Voices, widely recognized to be one of the most accomplished vocal jazz groups in the world, as well as composer, arranger, vocalist and pianist Greg Jasperse, one of today's leading figures in contemporary vocal jazz instruction and performance.