[Play “Joseph Brazil”] My tribute to Brazil's story Joseph Brazil. I never had the pleasure of meeting him before he passed in 2008. Eve...

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...

November 1, 1974 Joe Brazil: It appears to see if this is working. Probably. This tape is possibly bad. Or it is possible that the microphon...

by Keith Raether Published in Earshot Jazz, April 1995, Vol. 11, No. 4 Late in the morning on Oct. 1, 1965, drummer Elvin Jones was rummagin...