Urbie Green
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 Dorsey ghost band (1966-1967), but has mostly stuck to studio work. Urbie Green recorded frequently as a leader in the 1950s up to 1963 (for Blue Note, Vanguard, Bethlehem, ABC-Paramount, and dance band-oriented records for RCA and Command). He has appeared much less often in jazz settings since then, but did make two albums for CTI in 1976-1977.
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Discography
5 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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East Coast Jazz, Vol. 6 (Remastered 2013)
Jazz - Released by Bethlehem Records on Jan 1, 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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A Cool Yuletide (Remastered 2018)
Christmas Music - Released by Legacy Recordings on Sep 27, 1954
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Big Band Greats
Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on Apr 1, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Let's Face the Music and Dance
Jazz - Released by Vintage 2016 on Apr 25, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo