Urbie Green | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Urban Clifford Green |
Born | Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | August 8, 1926
Died | December 31, 2018 Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 92)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Trombone |
Labels | Vanguard, Bethlehem, CTI, Paramount, Command, RCA |
Formerly of | Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, Frankie Carle |
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.
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