URBIE GREEN

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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 two dozen albums as a soloist, and was highly respected by his fellow trombonists. Green's trombone sound was especially noted for its warm, mellow tone, even in the higher registers where he was more fluent than most trombonists. His technique was considered flawless by many in the music industry and has appeared in major jazz festivals, motion pictures, concert halls, nightclubs, radio, television and the White House. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Green was taught the piano as a child by his mother, jazz and popular tunes from the beginning. He picked up the trombone, which both older brothers played, when he
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URBIE GREEN Urbie Green Septet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Urbie Green Septet
Swing 1954
URBIE GREEN Blues & Other Shades of Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues & Other Shades of Green
Swing 1955
URBIE GREEN All About album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
All About
Big Band 1955
URBIE GREEN East Coast Jazz Series 6 (aka The Lyrical Language Of Urbie Green) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
East Coast Jazz Series 6 (aka The Lyrical Language Of Urbie Green)
Swing 1955
URBIE GREEN Let's Face the Music and Dance album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Big Band 1958
URBIE GREEN The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green
Big Band 1960
URBIE GREEN America's Greatest Trombonist (aka Urbie Green And His 6-Tet) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
America's Greatest Trombonist (aka Urbie Green And His 6-Tet)
Swing 1961
URBIE GREEN The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Volume 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Volume 2
Big Band 1962
URBIE GREEN Twenty-One Trombones (1967) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Twenty-One Trombones (1967)
Big Band 1967
URBIE GREEN 21 Trombones Rock//Blues/Jazz, Volume Two album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
21 Trombones Rock//Blues/Jazz, Volume Two
Big Band 1969
URBIE GREEN Green Power album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Green Power
Swing 1971
URBIE GREEN Bein' Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bein' Green
Swing 1972
URBIE GREEN Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band
Big Band 1974
URBIE GREEN Señor Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Señor Blues
Fusion 1977
URBIE GREEN The Fox album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Fox
Fusion 1977
URBIE GREEN Umpteen Trombones album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Umpteen Trombones
Swing 1987
URBIE GREEN Indigo Moods album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Indigo Moods
Bop 2006

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URBIE GREEN Blues And Other Shades Of Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues And Other Shades Of Green
Swing 1956
URBIE GREEN Blues And Other Shades Of Green (No.2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blues And Other Shades Of Green (No.2)
Swing 1956

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URBIE GREEN Jimmy McHugh In Hi-Fi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jimmy McHugh In Hi-Fi
Swing 1958
URBIE GREEN His Trombone and Rhythm album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
His Trombone and Rhythm
Swing 1959
URBIE GREEN Urbie Green & Nat Pierce : Old Time Modern album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Urbie Green & Nat Pierce : Old Time Modern
Swing 1973
URBIE GREEN Oleo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Oleo
Swing 1978
URBIE GREEN The Message album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Message
Big Band 1986
URBIE GREEN Just Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Friends
Swing 1996
URBIE GREEN Sea Jam Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sea Jam Blues
Swing 1997

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URBIE GREEN The Complete Persuasive Trombone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Complete Persuasive Trombone
Swing 2007

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