Urbie Green
Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.[1] The 1980s and beyond saw a slowing down of Urbie Green's recording career. Both albums recorded by him during this period are live, straight jazz works; Just Friends, and Sea Jam Blues. In 1995 he was elected into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Urbie Green | |
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 Urbie Green at the Village Jazz Lounge in Walt Disney World (photo by Laura Kolb) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Urban Clifford Green |
| Also known as | Urbie Green |
| Born | August 8, 1926 Mobile, Alabama, United States |
| Died | December 31, 2018 (aged 92) Hellertown, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Trombone |
| Labels | Vanguard, Bethlehem, Paramount, Command, Project 3 |
| Associated acts | Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, Frankie Carle, many others |
Green died in Hellertown, Pennsylvania from congestive heart failure on December 31, 2018, aged 92.[2]
References
- ↑ Allmusic
- ↑ "Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green". Pocono Record. January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
Other websites
- – Official Web Site
- Urbie Green at the Trombone Page of the World
- A Tribute to Urbie Green Archived 2020-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Biography at Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
- Biography at WindSong Press
- Profile at Verve Music
- Official website of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
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- Urbie Green on IMDb
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