Urbie Green

Urbie Green

Urbie Green

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Top Songs

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Why Shouldn't I
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Original Blues [Live]
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Fascinating Rhythm
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Closing Comments
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Old Folks

Albums

  • The Fox

    Jun 2016 • 7 songs

  • Let's Face the Music and Dance

    Apr 2016 • 12 songs

  • Big Band Greats

    Apr 2009 • 42 songs

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Urbie Green

Biography

A fine jazz player with a beautiful tone who has spent most of his career in the studios, Urbie Green is highly respected by his fellow trombonists. He started playing when he was 12; was with the big bands of Tommy Reynolds, Bob Strong, and Frankie Carle as a teenager; and worked with Gene Krupa during 1947-1950. Green had a stint with Woody Herman's Third Herd, appeared on some of the famous Buck Clayton jam sessions (1953-1954), and was with Benny Goodman off and on during 1955-1957. He played with Count Basie in 1963, and spent a period in the 1960s fronting the Tommy Dors...
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