Urbie Green
Urbie Green | |
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| 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 |
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| Formerly of | Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, Frankie Carle |
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.