Urbie Green | |
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.jpg) Urbie Green (1956) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Urban Clifford Green |
| Born | August 8, 1926 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 2018 (aged 92) Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 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.
- ^ 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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Newswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Yanow, Scott. "Urbie Green". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2020.