Urbie Green

Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (August 8, 1926[1] – December 31, 2018[2]) was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.

When Green was fifteen years old, his father died, and he began his music career, first with Tommy Reynolds in California, then with Bob Strong, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.

[1] In 1953, he moved to New York City, and a year later was voted New Star trombonist in the International Critics Poll of Down Beat magazine.

Green spent his later life with his second wife Kathy, a jazz singer, at their home in the Pocono Mountains region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

[2] With Manny Albam With The Count Basie Orchestra With Tony Bennett With Buck Clayton With Quincy Jones With Mundell Lowe With Astrud Gilberto With Woody Herman With Antonio Carlos Jobim With J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding With Enoch Light With Van McCoy With Hugo Montenegro With Jimmy Rushing With others