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Mark Shane's jazz piano is firmly rooted in a tradition established by such jazz piano masters as Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Earl Hines, James P. Johnson, and Art Tatum. While developing his solo style, Mark Shane served an extended tenure as house pianist in New York's "Eddie Condon's" jazz club. He has played with jazz luminaries Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate, Bucky Pizzarelli and with many all star alumni from the great bands of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. Mark Shane has been featured on radio and television jazz special broadcasts and has toured with the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble. He is regularly featured at Lincoln Center's "Midsummer Nights' Swing" concerts and at The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. In addition, he has played at Presidential Inaugural Balls in Washington, DC, for the Mayor of New York City at Gracie Mansion, and at private parties for Mikhail Gorbachev, Henry Kissinger, Estee Lauder, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as a command performance for Princess Anne in London's Festival Hall. His film work includes the Grammy Award winning soundtrack of the film, "The Cotton Club" and soundtracks to "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Biloxi Blues," "Working Girl," and other films made for television.

Mark Shane continues the tradition of deep swing and lyrical melodic improvisation.

Tickets are available 9am to 7:30pm Monday through Thursday and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday at Student Activities in the George F. Shepard Student Center which is located at the corner of South St and East Conkling Ave. In addition, the box office in Orange Hall opens at 7pm on March 13.