# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-brazil
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:58.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-brazil"
name: "Joe Brazil"
slug: "joe-brazil"
description: "Joseph Brazil was an American jazz saxophonist and educator. Local musicians and touring acts performed in his basement. He taught jazz at Garfield High School, co-founded the Black Music curriculum at the University of Washington, and founded the Black Academy of Music in Seattle. He appeared on the albums Om by John Coltrane and Mystic Voyage by Roy Ayers."
tagline: "American musician (1927-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dzo_Brazil.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-08-25"
deathDate: "2008-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80378
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106361/"
    handle:    "nm0106361"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/281373"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جو برازيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "جو برازيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brazil"
    title: "Joe Brazil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brazil"
    title: "Joe Brazil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brazil"
    title: "Joe Brazil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Џо Бразил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1d6b451-565a-4cf1-a133-1aaed564cbd0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691343"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump