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Mr. B. | |
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| Birth name | Mark Lincoln Braun |
| Born | 1957 Flint, Michigan, United States |
| Genres | Boogie-woogie |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Labels | Oldie Blues |
| Website | marklincolnbraun |
Mr. B. (born Mark Lincoln Braun, 1957), is an American boogie-woogie pianist. [1]
Born in Flint, Michigan, United States, Mark Lincoln Braun was the youngest of the three children of Phil and Sally Braun. He became interested in the piano through recordings that his father had played and began studying under the likes of Boogie Woogie Red and other famous area musicians. Between listening to records as well as the local musicians, and receiving one-on-one instructions from the local musicians, Braun's music career had begun. Mark began playing by listening and watching the local musicians perform at local venues and private lessons. Whilst immersing himself in the blues and boogie traditions and culture, Braun graduated from Flint Southwestern High School and was accepted into the prestigious University of Michigan. After completing three years towards a Bachelor of Arts in History degree, Braun decided to drop out and pursue a career in blues and boogie woogie style piano.
He moved to Ann Arbor as a young adult, and learned to play rock and pop piano at age 15, but was converted to blues and boogie by a Jimmy Yancey record his father gave him.
Mr. B. is a dedicated blues piano revivalist, recording tunes made famous by Yancey, as well as Little Brother Montgomery, Professor Longhair, Mercy Dee Walton, Amos Milburn, and Sunnyland Slim, among others.
1994 - This is another trio date with Kurt Krahnke (bass) and Andy Conlin (drums). Also featured prominently is the drummer, Roy Brooks. "The changes in direction serve to literally amaze the listener, taking them through a range of moods and colors that are generally not experienced in such a setting. Truly, in Braun's hands, musical genres are bent into a pervasive whole, with no regard for anything but the purity of intention and the transference of joyous emotion … this is musical empathy at its best. This is not just a case of a local boy making good, this is a statement of a world class musician playing for his hometown fans." Detroit Metro Times Magazine. Recorded live at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Released on 3 September 1996 - Mr. B meets the Bird of Paradise Orchestra.
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Mr. B Live at the Kerrytown Concert House 2002
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For many years, Mr. B. has been visiting Ann Arbor for the annual art fair. Every year he brings his bike-transported upright piano to play on the University of Michigan campus. His most famous act is the 'Cheek to Cheek Boogie' where two players boogie on a single piano, switching positions from time to time. Until recently, his only partner in this act was Bob Seeley. Both Braun and Seeley performed at The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival, in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2017.
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