Urbie Green

Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.[ Allmusic] 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.

Green died in Hellertown, Pennsylvania from congestive heart failure on December 31, 2018, aged 92.

References

Other websites
– Official Web Site
Urbie Green at the Trombone Page of the World
 A Tribute to Urbie Green 
Biography at Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Biography at WindSong Press
Profile at Verve Music
Official website of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

Category:1926 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:American jazz musicians
Category:American trombonists
Category:Musicians from Pennsylvania
Category:Musicians from Alabama
Category:People from Mobile, Alabama