JCC Conversations | Mark Braun
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Learn about Mark’s adventures including putting the bike with the piano on a boat and towing it with the help of volunteer swimmers from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island.
Mr. B is a blues and boogie-woogie pianist who has become one of the premiere purveyors of a vanishing art. Having learned his craft first-hand from the early masters, he is a rare living link to the first generation of blues and boogie pianists.
Steeped in the rich legacy of this tremendously exciting music, Mr. B learned directly from blues and boogie legends like Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, and Blind John Davis.
Mark Braun (Mr. B) and George Bedard Outside the Blind Pig, 1982 Photographer: Peter Yates

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September Dances

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Mark Braun & Family On The Stairway In Their Home, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Mark Braun, also known as musician Mr. B; his daughter, Sarah, 16 months; and his wife, Jane Taylor, on the stairway of their northside Ann Arbor home. The bas-relief animals along the railing are hand carved. The painted turtles along the steps are also done by hand.
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Mark Braun, also known as musician Mr. B; his daughter, Sarah, 16 months; and his wife, Jane Taylor, on the stairway of their northside Ann Arbor home. The bas-relief animals along the railing are hand carved. The painted turtles along the steps are also done by hand.
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Hand-Carved Bas-Relief Bird & Frog By Mark Braun, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Above, a hand-carved bird and frog are among decorations adorning the stairway railing in Mark Braun and Jane Taylor's house.
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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Above, a hand-carved bird and frog are among decorations adorning the stairway railing in Mark Braun and Jane Taylor's house.
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Hand-Carved Table By Mark Braun, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

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Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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At right, the animal theme is continued in a hand-carved table.
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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At right, the animal theme is continued in a hand-carved table.
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Hand-Carved Bas-Relief Turtle By Mark Braun, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

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A hand-carved turtle adorns the stairway railing of Mark Braun and Jane Taylor's home.
Ann Arbor News, August 14, 1994
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A hand-carved turtle adorns the stairway railing of Mark Braun and Jane Taylor's home.
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Hand-Carved Bas-Relief Salamander & Snake By Mark Braun, July 1994 Photographer: D. A. Biermann

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