For more than 40 years Len Grazier was recognized as one of the premier jazz pianists on the Delmarva Peninsula. He founded the Shore Jazz ensemble upon relocating to Maryland from New York City in 1964 and made the promotion and preservation of American jazz music a lifelong pursuit. Since his passing in 2005 Shore Jazz has continued that tradition under the guidance of Mike McShane and John Ewart. The ensemble draws from a regional group of talented musicians, performing a variety of jazz styles ranging from Traditional/ Dixieland, Swing to Latin Jazz and Bebop, offering trios to swinging sextets. The emphasis is on performing instrumental improvisational versions of classic “Jazz Standards” written by such legendary composers as Cole Porter, the Gershwin’s, AC Jobim, Duke Ellington, Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie – and many others. The group currently works extensively as an instrumental trio with Pianist Joe Holt, John Ewart on saxophone and Mike McShane on drums. John Ewart Saxophone, and clarinet John enjoys playing a variety of styles from blues to zydeco, but his main focus is on classic Jazz from the 20’s and 30’s through the 60’s. He has performed at a variety of venues locally, around the U.S. and internationally. John is also a part-time resident and frequent performer in New Orleans. He has been a member of Shore Jazz since 1999 and has been regular on the Eastern Shore Jazz scene for more than 25 years. http://www.reverbnation.com/johnewart Mike McShane Drums and Percussion Mike began drumming, performing and recording in NYC with several bands in early 80's improvisational music and art scene. After a decade in NY Mike relocated to Southern Delaware and made the transition to “straight-ahead” Jazz. In addition to shore Jazz, which Mike has been a part of since 2000, he also performs and records with several other regional Jazz combos. Joe Holt Piano Joe has been a full time performing pianist for over 40 years. Experiences include national jazz festival and concert touring, extensive Atlantic City casino performing, walk-on entertainer for American Cruise Lines (since 2009), host of the "Mainstay Mondays" concert series, at the Mainstay in Rock Hall,. MD (since 2016), and holding down the piano/keyboard chair for Shore Jazz (since 2008). Joe appears on over 30 album recordings, is on the music faculty at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and is Board Certified in Music Therapy. https://joeholtsnotes.com/