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 he played in major jazz festivals, motion picture soundtracks, concert halls, nightclubs, radio, television and the White House.

He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.

Early years

Born in Mobile, Alabama, United States, Green was taught the piano as a child by his mother. He learned jazz and popular tunes from the beginning. He started to play trombone, which both older brothers played, when he was about 12. Although he listened to trombonists Tommy Dorsey, J. C. Higginbotham, Jack Jenney, Jack Teagarden and Trummy Young, he has said he was more influenced by the styles of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young. His style was also influenced by the vocals of Perry Como and Louis Armstrong. At Auburn High School he was a member of The Auburn Knights Orchestra.

Personal life

Green's obituary was published in the Pocono Record.

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Career

When Green was fifteen years old, his father died and he began his musical career, first with Tommy Reynolds in California, then with Bob Strong, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle. He graduated from high school at the Hollywood Professional School in Los Angeles, California. In 1947, he joined Gene Krupa's band. He and his brother Jack became members of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd three years ago.

In 1953, he moved to New York City, and a year later was named New Star trombonist in the International Critics Poll of Down Beat magazine. After Dorsey's death in 1956, he toured with Benny Goodman and directed the Tommy Dorsey orchestra in the 1950s and 1960s. On the albums Urbie Green and 21 Trombones, he collaborated with record producer Enoch Light. Green spent his remaining years with his second wife, Kathy, a jazz guitarist, at their house in Pennsylvania's Poconos district.

Green was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995. He continued to perform at the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Festival every September during his lifetime.

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