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Collection Overview
Title: Guido Sinclair papers, 1950-1994
Predominant Dates:1982-1992
ID: 1000/SINC_1014
Primary Creator: Sinclair, Guido (1935-1992)
Extent: 6.0 Boxes
Date Acquired: 00/00/1995
Abstract
Papers, musical lead sheets, musical arrangements,, sheet music, scrapbooks, transcriptions, posters, and other materials.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains the papers of jazz saxophonist and composer Guido Sinclair, including lead sheets for his original jazz compositions, music by friends and fellow musicians, fliers for performances in the Champaign, Illinois area, five scrapbooks detailing his career, and miscellaneous audio and video recordings. Also included is information pertaining to his wife, Shirley Blankenship.
Collection Historical Note
Guido Sinclair (1935-1992) was born Sinclair Greenwell Jr., in Fort Worth, Texas. He moved to Los Angeles in 1944 and in 1961 Sinclair was a founding member of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra. He played with the ensemble until his move in the mid-1980s to Chicago, and then later, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Biographical Note
Guido Sinclair was born Sinclair Greenwell, Jr., in Fort Worth, Texas. A jazz saxophonist, he performed with many well-known jazz and rhythm and blues artists. However, his papers date mainly from a later period of his life, when he was a resident and frequent performer in Champaign, Illinois. Of particular note are manuscript jazz charts of his compositions and fliers and posters from his Champaign performances.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Center for Black Music Research
Access Restrictions:
None
Use Restrictions:
None
Physical Access Note:
Includes photographs, cassette tapes, CD, and videocassettes
Acquisition Source:
Blankenship, Shirley
Related Materials:
Also included is information pertaining to his wife, Shirley Blankenship (Anne Jazzmin), and her arrangements of Sinclair's music.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Original compositions by Guido Sinclair],
[
Series 2: Flyers],
[
Series 3: Papers, Documents, and photographs],
[
Series 4: Arrangements of Guido's music by Shirley Blankenship (Anne Jazzmin)],
[
Series 5: Music of friends of Guido Sinclair],
[
Series 6: Published and hand-copied music in Guido],
[
Series 7: Scrapbooks],
[
Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials],
[
Series 9: Recordings],
[All]
- Series 1: Original compositions by Guido Sinclair
- Box 1
- Item 1: 1056
- Item 2: Airnonaskum
- Item 3: Asil Kledanaac; 8/18/88
- Item 4: Azibu Umwana
- Item 5: Azz Izz; 1973
- Item 6: Be Careful
- Item 7: Be Truthful; 11/29/90
- Item 8: Black Brown Yellow
- Item 9: Blue Groove
- Item 10: Bobby Hobby; 5/27/88
- Item 11: Bro David
- Item 12: Bucky In The Bushes; 4/22/87
- Item 13: Bucky's Song; 4/23/89
- Item 14: Celibacy
- Item 15: Clyde Pride; 1983
- Item 16: Don
- Item 17: Drumski
- Item 18: Ella and Liza
- Item 19: Everytime I Am Worthy
- Item 20: For Brother Duke
- Item 21: For Those Who Care
- Item 22: Gentle Kind 89
- Item 23: Grigg
- Item 24: Guess Who
- Item 25: Half Step Up
- Item 26: Hicup [sic.] Song
- Item 27: How Long Must We Wait
- Item 28: Hymn For the Black Mother
- Item 29: In Came Beard; 10/22/61
- Item 30: In The Bushes; 4/22/89
- Item 31: In The Middle
- Item 32: Is It Here [also "Here It Is"]
- Item 33: I Thought So; 11/12/90
- Item 34: Jackie
- Item 35: A Kiss For Kenny; 3/30/82
- Item 36: Knute
- Item 37: Larry's Tempo; 11/27/90
- Item 38: Little Alf
- Item 39: Lovable Sweet Messenger
- Item 40: Machota; 1987
- Item 41: Mac Minor; 8/6/85
- Item 42: Mack Time; 1988
- Item 43: The Magic Lick; 1987
- Item 44: Mama Ida; 8/8/88
- Item 45: Maryamber's Request; 5/22/85
- Item 46: Master Bates; 8/9/88
- Item 47: Maureen's Dreams
- Item 48: Mogo's Gone; 8/87
- Item 49: The Mo-Hop
- Item 50: The Mopper
- Item 51: Nature's Table; [?]/30/82
- Item 52: The New Found
- Item 53: Not Enough of Too Much; 1965
- Item 54: Nuff Said
- Item 55: One For Hasha [?] [title crossed out]
- Item 56: One For Jazzmin; 8/10/85
- Item 57: One For Madhu
- Item 58: One For Meeks
- Item 59: One For Nancy
- Item 60: Ping Pong Poppa
- Item 61: Popcorn Lover
- Item 62: Quit It; 7/9/80
- Item 63: Rekipuki; 8/6/85
- Item 64: Sagjleo; 1983
- Item 65: Sarahsoda
- Item 66: Saykome; 5/6/85
- Item 67: Seredy
- Item 68: Shirl
- Item 89: Shirley's Delight; 8/6/85
- Item 70: Something To Live For
- Item 71: The Squirrel
- Item 72: Terry's Tune; 5/6/85
- Item 73: Theme For Ernie
- Item 74: Things To Come
- Item 75: Too Hot To Squat
- Item 76: Typsy Gypsy
- Item 77: Tuffy's Jungle
- Item 78: Unknown
- Item 79: Wheels Rhapsody; 11/3/82
- Item 80: Why Don
- Item 81: Untitled - [various]
- Item 82: Untitled - Flute part [2 pieces]
- Series 2: Flyers
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Nature's Table, Variety in Motion, Time Zones, Happy Blues Band at Raffaell's
- Folder 2: Guido Sinclair Death announcements
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous fliers
- Series 3: Papers, Documents, and photographs
- Box 2
- Series 4: Arrangements of Guido's music by Shirley Blankenship (Anne Jazzmin)
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Arrangements of Guido's music by Shirley Blankenship (Anne Jazzmin)
- Item 1: Black Brown Yellow
- Item 2: Be Truthful
- Item 3: Be Careful
- Item 4: I Thought So
- Item 5: In The Middle
- Item 6: Ping Pong Poppa
- Item 7: Popcorn
- Item 8: Shirley's Delight
- Folder 2: Lead sheets for string arrangement for all except "Shirley’s Delight"
- Series 5: Music of friends of Guido Sinclair
- Box 3
- Folder 1: David Swain - Rocket Talk
- Folder 2: Kevin Engel - Responsibilities
- Folder 3: Tom Paynter
- Item 1: Blind Fly
- Item 2: Blue Magoo
- Item 3: A Child Is Born
- Item 4: Eddy
- Item 5: I'll leave You To Dance (Get Down With Your Groovy Self)
- Item 6: Lava Man
- Item 7: Spasm
- Item 8: Yayul's Network
- Item 9: Zoo Beep
- Folder 4: Nate Griffin arrangements
- Folder 5: I Saw A Scream
- Folder 6: Unidentified [2]
- Folder 7: The Music of Guido Sinclair, 1935-1992
- Folder 8: Parts
- Item 1-3: 3 spiral bound computer-generated books of parts for Bb instruments, Eb instruments, and Bass
- Series 6: Published and hand-copied music in Guido
- Folder 1-9: Published sheet music
- Folder 10-17: Hand-copied music
- Series 7: Scrapbooks
- Box 5
- Item 1: Personal photos, programs
- Item 2: Clippings, reviews, and drawings
- Item 3: Records, financial records, photos, correspondence, clippings, and cards
- Item 4: Personal items
- Item 5: Photos
- Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials
- Box 6
- Item 1-8: Books on Sinclair's music, recordings, song titles, and Shirley Meyer Blankenship
- Folder 1: Newsletters of jazz organizations
- Folder 2: Clippings and posters
- Item 15-27: Music notebooks, notebooks, and address books
- Item 9-13: Printed music and fake books
- Series 9: Recordings
- Box 6
- Item 1-2: Cassette tapes
- Item 3: CDs
- Item 4-6: Videocassettes
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Original compositions by Guido Sinclair],
[
Series 2: Flyers],
[
Series 3: Papers, Documents, and photographs],
[
Series 4: Arrangements of Guido's music by Shirley Blankenship (Anne Jazzmin)],
[
Series 5: Music of friends of Guido Sinclair],
[
Series 6: Published and hand-copied music in Guido],
[
Series 7: Scrapbooks],
[
Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials],
[
Series 9: Recordings],
[All]
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