December 31, 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 92) Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Trombone
Labels
Vanguard, Bethlehem, CTI, Paramount, Command, RCA
Formerly of
Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, Frankie Carle
Musical artist
Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926[1] – December 31, 2018[2]) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.[3] He played on over 250 recordings and released more than two dozen albums as a soloist. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
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^Yanow, Scott. "Urbie Green". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt...
With UrbieGreen 1956 All About UrbieGreen and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount) 1958 Let's Face the Music and Dance 1960 The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green...
Blues and Other Shades of Green is an album by trombonist UrbieGreen which was recorded in 1955 and released on the ABC-Paramount label. Jason Ankeny...
and his orchestra (1962) Persuasive Trombone of UrbieGreen Volume 1 Persuasive Trombone of UrbieGreen Volume 2 Enoch Light...& The Light Brigade – A...
Mellé Gil Mellé Quintet/Sextet (Blue Note, 1953) Gil Mellé Quintet with UrbieGreen and Tal Farlow (Blue Note, 1953) With Sal Salvador 1956 Shades of Sal...
expensive music production. Soloists on the album included Mel Davis, UrbieGreen and the bebop trombone pioneer J. J. Johnson. Reaction to the album has...
albums as a leader, all released by Chiaroscuro Records. Green is the son of trombonist UrbieGreen and vocalist Kathy Preston. "He started tinkering on the...
All About UrbieGreen and His Big Band (also referred to as All About Urbie), is an album by trombonist UrbieGreen which was recorded in 1956 and released...
Gordon (born 1967) Brad Gowans (1903–1954) Bennie Green (1923–1977) Charlie Green (1900–1936) UrbieGreen (1926–2018) Al Grey (1925–2000) Slide Hampton (1932–2021)...
Frank Saracco, Benny Powell, Wayne Andre, Tony Studd, Micky Gravine, UrbieGreen, Frank Rehak Trumpet: Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Jimmy Maxwell, Bernie...
Tico Rico (Kudu/CTI, 1977) With Art Farmer Crawl Space (CTI, 1977) With UrbieGreen The Fox (CTI, 1976) With Mike Mainieri Journey Thru an Electric Tube...
"Dirty Dan", a track from the 1955 album Blues and Other Shades of Green by UrbieGreen Dirty Dan, one of eight tops in Battling Tops, a children's game...
Music Man (Atlantic, 1958) With Freddie Green Mr. Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1955) With UrbieGreen All About UrbieGreen and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1956)...
Ruby Braff – "Easy Now" Bobby Troup – Bobby Troup and His Stars of Jazz UrbieGreen – Best of New Broadway Show Hits 1972 Bill Evans Trio The Bill Evans...
Street Man (Buddah, 1969) Benny Golson, Tune In, Turn On (Verve, 1967) UrbieGreen, The Fox (CTI, 1977) Dave Grusin, Dave Grusin and the N.Y./L.A. Dream...
With UrbieGreen 21 Trombones (Project 3, 1967) 21 Trombones Rock, Blues, Jazz, Volume Two (Project 3, 1969) Green Power (Project 3, 1971) Bein' Green (Project...
featured Rudy Van Gelder's first issued recordings); Gil Mellé Quintet with UrbieGreen and Tal Farlow; Gil Mellé Quartet featuring Lou Mecca; 5 Impressions...
including Ray Stevens, George Strait, Danny Kaye with The Andrews Sisters, UrbieGreen, The Platters, Dread Zeppelin, The Kelly Family, Nat King Cole (reportedly...
album Miles Ahead. In 1957, he arranged the music for UrbieGreen's album, All About UrbieGreen. He shared an album with Cecil Taylor that was released...
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