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Urbie Green
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Trombonists · 1926–2018

Urbie Green

American jazz trombonist (1926–2018)

Born
8 August 1926
Mobile
Died
31 December 2018
Hellertown
Country
United States
Record labels
Blue Note, Chiaroscuro Records, Vanguard Records
Discography
16 albums

Biography

Urbie Green was a jazz musician who played trombone. Urbie Green was born on 8 August 1926 in Mobile and died on 31 December 2018 in Hellertown. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note, Chiaroscuro Records and Vanguard Records. The discography here lists 16 albums, from “A Cool Yuletide” (1954) to “The Complete Persuasive Trombone” (2007).

Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He played on over 250 recordings and released more than twenty albums as a soloist. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

A Cool Yuletide 1954 · Legacy Blues and Other Shades of Green 1955 · ABC-Paramount The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green 1960 · Command Records The Urbie Green 6-Tet 1963
Green Power 1971
21 Trombones 1973 · Project 3 Total Sound Señor Blues 1977 · CTI The Fox 1977 · CTI Oleo 1978 · Pausa Records New Faces - New Sounds 1995 · Blue Note Just Friends (Live At E.J.'S) 1996 · Live At EJ's East Coast Jazz Series 6 2001 · Avenue Jazz The Complete Persuasive Trombone 2007 · Lone Hill Jazz Let's Face The Music and Dance · RCA Victor Septet & Octet · Fresh Sound Records The Message · Fresh Sound Records

Also plays on

Albums where Urbie Green is credited as a sideman

1954 How Hi The Fi — Buck Clayton Featuring Woody Herman trombone
1955 The Benny Goodman Story, Vol. 1 — Benny Goodman trombone
1956 This Is How I Feel About Jazz — Quincy Jones trombone
1956 The Hawk in Hi-Fi — Coleman Hawkins with Billy Byers & His Orchestra trombone
1956 The Progressive Big Band Jazz of Woody Herman — Woody Herman trombone
1956 Jazz Spectacular — Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton trombone
1956 Jay & Kai + 6 — Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson trombone
1956 Swingin' With Terry Gibbs and His Orchestra — Terry Gibbs and His Orchestra trombone
1957 The Swingin’ Miss “D” — Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra trombone
1957 Music for Brass — Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J.J. Johnson; Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gunther Schuller trombone
1958 Lady in Satin — Billie Holiday trombone
1958 Sing Me a Swing Song — Bobby Short trombone
1959 The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones — Quincy Jones trombone
1959 The Birth of a Band — Quincy Jones trombone
1959 Newport ’58 — Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach & Don Elliott trombone
1960 Gillespiana — Dizzy Gillespie trombone
1960 At the Monterey Jazz Festival — Woody Herman trombone
1961 Genius + Soul = Jazz — Ray Charles trombone
1961 Smooth as the Wind — Blue Mitchell trombone
1961 Satan in High Heels — Mundell Lowe trombone
1962 Bashin’: The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith — Jimmy Smith trombone
1962 Afro/American Sketches — Oliver Nelson Orchestra trombone
1962 The Big Band's Back in Town — Doc Severinsen trombone
1963 Ella and Basie! — Ella Fitzgerald & The Count Basie Orchestra trombone
1963 Hobo Flats — Jimmy Smith trombone
1963 Several Shades of Jade — Cal Tjader trombone
1964 The Blues Roar — Maynard Ferguson trombone
1964 Movin’ Wes — Wes Montgomery trombone
1964 The Cat — Jimmy Smith trombone
1965 The Shadow of Your Smile — Astrud Gilberto trombone

Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Urbie Green play?

Urbie Green is known for playing trombone.

When and where was Urbie Green born?

Urbie Green was born 8 August 1926 in Mobile.

What are Urbie Green's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include A Cool Yuletide (1954), Blues and Other Shades of Green (1955), The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green (1960), The Urbie Green 6-Tet (1963) and 21 Trombones (1973).

External links

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