Career
He has been a sideman for dozens of groups including Harry Connick, Junior., Doctor Michael White"s Original Liberty Jazz Band, Henry Butler, and Rhythm & Blues singer Eddie Bo. Braud began playing up the trumpet at age twelve. He comes from a long line of New Orleans musicians.
Braud is also a distant relative of Duke Ellington Orchestra bassist Wellman Braud and the Santiago family.
He began playing the trumpet at age of twelve. He was a student of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
He majored in jazz studies at the University of New Orleans. While studying there, he was chosen for the school’s annual European tour.
2010 Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Current Member).
2001 Harry Connick Junior. Big Band (Current Member). 2002 "One Mo" Time" - Broadway Musical
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Unit.
Mark Braud"s Jazz Giants
The Basin Street Brass Band
Braud has appeared with numerous artists as a sideman:
Wynton Marsalis
Eddie Bo
Doctor Michael White
Harry Connick Junior.
Lars Edigren.
