Guido Sinclair

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Sinclair Greenwell (December 1935 - July 7, 1992) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was also known as Guido Sinclair, Sonny Harrison, and Junnie. He performed in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Champaign/Urbana, Illinois.

Biography

Sinclair Greenwell was born in December 1935 in Fort Worth, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1944. At Lafayette Junior High School he practiced Charlie Parker solos and met pianist Horace Tapscott. Greenwell and Tapscott formed a band with trumpeter Roy Brewster and drummer Charles Pendergraff while they attended Jefferson High School. Greenwell was a founding member of Tapscott's Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in 1961 and played in the group until the mid-1980s.^[1]^[2] He moved to Chicago to be with his father. Later he moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and married harpist Shirley Blankenship. He performed frequently at Nature's Table.

References

↑ Tapscott, Horace (2001). Songs of the Unsung: The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott. Durham and London: Duke University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8223-2531-4.
↑ Isoardi, Steven (2006). The Dark Tree: Jazz and the Community Arts in Los Angeles. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-520-24591-1.

External links

Guido Sinclair Music and Papers, 1958-2005. Shirley Meyer Blankenship Music and Papers, 1950-2009, at Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.

Persondata
Name	Sinclair, Guido
Alternative names	Sinclair Greenwell (real name); Sonny Harrison (stage name); Junnie (stage name)
Short description	Jazz musician
Date of birth	December 1935
Place of birth	Fort Worth, Texas
Date of death	July 7, 1992
Place of death	Champaign, Illinois

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