Urbie Green

Urbie Green
Urbie Green (1956)
Urbie Green (1956)
Background information
Birth nameUrban Clifford Green
Born(1926-08-08)August 8, 1926
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 92)
Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrombone
LabelsVanguard, Bethlehem, CTI, Paramount, Command, RCA
Formerly ofWoody 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.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference News was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Urbie Green". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2020.