From Ancestry.com I learn that Joe Brazil was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 25, 1927 to Ida M. Hill and Hilliard Brazil. Ida was 19, t...

A few hours of research on the internet yielded photos of Joe's parents. Hilliard Brazil was born 9/6/1895 in Laurens County, GA to ...

This is Joe Brazil's house in Detroit. His neighbor told me that the musicians would enter and exit from the door on the side that led ...

"As the Music Historian he would wish for us all to study our history, listen to music and to support local musicians." - Virgi...

I visited Brazil's hometown of Detroit, looking for his ghost. I wasn't really sure what I would find. I hoped to stitch together a ...

Zodis Brazil (Joe's brother) lived at  17531 Cherrylawn St, Detroit, MI, 48221-2507 i n 1983. He died in 1998. In 1940, Joe (11) live...

Joe bought the house at 17846 Fleming Street, Detroit, MI 48212 with his brother for his mother. When she passed in 1951, he put a bar and g...