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{{Short description|American jazz trombonist (1926–2018)}}
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| name = Urbie Green
| name = Urbie Green
| image = Urbiegreen.jpg
| image = Urbie Green (1956).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Urbie Green (1956)
| caption = Urbie Green at the Village Jazz Lounge in [[Walt Disney World]] (photo by Laura Kolb)
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Urban Clifford Green
| birth_name = Urban Clifford Green
| alias = Urbie Green
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|8}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|8}}
| birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], Alabama, United States
| birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|31|1926|8|8}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|31|1926|8|8}}
| death_place = Hellertown, Pennsylvania, United States
| death_place = [[Hellertown, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| instrument = [[Trombone]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = [[Trombone]]
| years_active =
| years_active =
| label = [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]], [[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]], [[Paramount Records|Paramount]], [[Command Records|Command]], Project 3
| label = {{flatlist|
*[[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]]
*[[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]]
*[[CTI Records|CTI]]
*[[Paramount Records|Paramount]]
*[[Command Records|Command]]
*[[RCA Records|RCA]]}}
| associated_acts = [[Woody Herman]], [[Gene Krupa]], [[Jan Savitt]], [[Frankie Carle]], many others
| past_member_of = [[Woody Herman]], [[Gene Krupa]], [[Jan Savitt]], [[Frankie Carle]]
| website =
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'''Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green''' (August 8, 1926{{spaced ndash}}December 31, 2018) was an American [[jazz]] [[trombonist]] who toured with [[Woody Herman]], [[Gene Krupa]], [[Jan Savitt]], and [[Frankie Carle]].<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6620|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]</ref>


'''Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green''' (August 8, 1926<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=173}}</ref> – December 31, 2018<ref name="News"/>) was an American [[jazz]] trombonist who toured with [[Woody Herman]], [[Gene Krupa]], [[Jan Savitt]], and [[Frankie Carle]].<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Urbie Green |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/urbie-green-mn0000300013/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> He played on over 250 recordings and released more than two dozen albums as a soloist. He was inducted into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]] in 1995.
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 and influences ==
== Early years ==
Born in [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]], Green was taught the piano as a child by his mother, jazz and popular tunes from the beginning. He picked up the trombone, which both older brothers played, when he was about 12. Although he listened to such trombone greats as [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[J. C. Higginbotham]], [[Jack Jenney]], [[Jack Teagarden]] and [[Trummy Young]] he has said that he was more influenced by the styles of [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Charlie Parker]], and [[Lester Young]]. Urbie's trombone style was also influenced by vocalists such as [[Perry Como]], and the vocal style of [[Louis Armstrong]].
Green was born in [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He 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. He listened to trombonists [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[J. C. Higginbotham]], [[Jack Jenney]], [[Jack Teagarden]], and [[Trummy Young]], but 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]]. He attended [[Auburn High School (Alabama)|Auburn High School]], where he was a member of The Auburn Knights Orchestra.


== Career ==
Green's father died when he was 15 and Urbie went straight into professional music, first joining the [[Tommy Reynolds]] Band in California before moving on to stints with [[Bob Strong]], [[Jan Savitt]], and [[Frankie Carle]]. Green also played with [[The Auburn Knights Orchestra]], a college big band based in [[Auburn, Alabama]] while attending [[Auburn High School (Alabama)|Auburn High School]].<ref>"Former Knight Urbie Green", ''Auburn Knights Alumni Association Newsletter'', September 15, 1996, 6; ''The School Musician and Teacher'', November 1970, 56.</ref>
When Green was fifteen years old, his father died, and he began his music career, first with [[Tommy Reynolds (musician)|Tommy Reynolds]] in California, then with Bob Strong, [[Jan Savitt]], and [[Frankie Carle]]. In California, he finished high school at the [[Hollywood Professional School]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite book|title= The School Musician Director and Teacher|year=1970|author= American School Band Directors Association, Phi Beta Mu (Newark, Ohio)|publisher=Ammark Publishing Company|page=56}}</ref> In 1947, he joined [[Gene Krupa]]'s band.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Three years later, he and his brother Jack became members of [[Woody Herman]]'s Thundering Herd.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/>


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. During the 1950s and 1960s he toured with [[Benny Goodman]],<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> and led the [[Tommy Dorsey]] orchestra after Dorsey's death in 1956.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He worked with record producer [[Enoch Light]] on the albums ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green'' and ''21 Trombones''. Green spent his later life with his second wife Kathy, a jazz singer, at their home in the [[Pocono Mountains]] region of [[Northeastern Pennsylvania]].
== Professional career ==
In 1947, Green joined [[Gene Krupa]]'s band and quickly moved up to [[Woody Herman]]'s third "Thundering Herd" [[big band]] in 1950 to play with his brother, Jack. His soaring ballad style was featured on such solos as [[Hoagy Carmichael]]'s ''Skylark'', and provided a contrast to Herman's previous First Herd rough-and-ready trombone star, [[Bill Harris (musician)|Bill Harris]]. In 1953 he moved to New York City, quickly establishing himself as the premier trombonist in the booming recording industry and in 1954 he was voted the "New Star" trombonist in the International Critics Poll from [[Down Beat]] magazine. His style was not as blues-influenced as others, in that he was among the few players who commanded the high [[tessitura]] favored by [[Glenn Miller]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], and [[Jack Jenney]] with an agility that was not shown by these previous trombonists in their recordings. Some of his solos provided the highlights on one-hit wonder albums from [[Verve Records]], such as that of organist Walter Wanderly, as well as established artists like [[Herbie Mann]].


In 1995, Green was elected into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. He continued playing live at the Delaware Water Gap [[Celebration of the Arts Festival]] every September into the last years of his life.
He recorded with virtually all of the major jazz musicians of the 1950s and 1960s and led his own groups while also joining tours as a featured performer, including a three-month tour leading the [[Benny Goodman]] Orchestra and fronting the [[Tommy Dorsey]] orchestra after Dorsey's death in 1956.


==Personal life==
He collaborated with innovative producer [[Enoch Light]] for the Command and Project 3 labels, producing what are probably his most notable recordings, such as the two-volume sets ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green'' and ''21 Trombones''. He was sideman and soloist on the album project '''s Continental'' by [[Ray Conniff]] and his orchestra and chorus (1961).
Green's obituary was published in the ''[[Pocono Record]]''.<ref name="News">{{cite news |url= https://www.poconorecord.com/obituaries/20190105/urban-clifford-urbie-green |title=Urban Clifford 'Urbie' Green |newspaper= [[Pocono Record]] |date=January 5, 2019 |access-date=January 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403000815/https://www.poconorecord.com/obituaries/20190105/urban-clifford-urbie-green |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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''.

== Personal life ==
Green spent his later life with his second wife Kathy, a jazz singer, at their home in [[the Poconos]] region of [[Pennsylvania]]. The couple had two children, Jesse and Casey. [[Jesse Green|Jesse]] is a jazz pianist and lives nearby, while Casey is a TV / Film Director / Producer in Los Angeles, California. Urbie's first wife was Darlein Dietz and they had two children, Urban Clifford Green Jr. and James Preston Green. Urban has a daughter, Gretchen Alexandra Pöelker-Green, who lives in [[Sea Cliff, New York]]. James lives in Tallahassee, Florida, and has a son named Vincent.

In 1995 Green was elected into the [[Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]]. He continued playing live at the Delaware Water Gap [[Celebration of the Arts Festival|Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Festival]] every September into the last years of his life, just miles down the road from his home.

Green's obituary was published in the [[Pocono Record]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poconorecord.com/obituaries/20190105/urban-clifford-urbie-green|title=Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green|publisher=Pocono Record|date=January 5, 2019|accessdate=January 6, 2019}}</ref>

== Discography ==


==Discography==
===As leader===
===As leader===
* ''[[All About Urbie Green and His Big Band]]'' (ABC-Paramount, 1955)
*1953 ''New Faces, New Sounds'' ([[Blue Note]])
* ''[[Blues and Other Shades of Green]]'' (ABC-Paramount, 1955)
*1954 ''Urbie Green Septet'' (Blue Note)
*1954 ''Urbie Green and His Band'' ([[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]])
* ''Urbie East Coast Jazz/6'' (Bethlehem, 1955)
*1954 ''A Cool Yuletide'' ([[RCA Records|X]])
* ''Slidin' Swing'' (Jazztone, 1957)
* ''Jimmy McHugh in Hi-Fi'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*1955 ''Blues and Other Shades of Green'' (ABC-Paramount)
* ''Let's Face the Music and Dance'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*1955 ''The Melodic Tones of Urbie Green'' ([[Bethlehem Records|Bethlehem]])
* ''The Best of New Broadway Show Hits'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
*1955 ''East Coast Jazz, Volume 6'' (Bethlehem)
* ''His Trombone and Rhythm'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
*1955 ''The Lyrical Language of Urbie Green'' (Bethlehem)
*1955 ''The Melodic Tones of Urbie Green'' (Vanguard)
* ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green'' (Command, 1960)
* ''Cole Porter Swings Easy in Stereo'' (Soundcraft, 1961)
*1955 ''[[Blues and Other Shades of Green]]'' ([[Paramount Records|Paramount]])
*1956 ''[[All About Urbie Green and His Big Band]]'' (ABC-Paramount)
* ''Urbie Green and His 6-Tet'' (Command, 1963)
* ''Twenty-One Trombones'' (Project 3, 1967)
*1957 ''Urbie Green Octet / Slidin' Swing'' ([[Jazztone]])
* ''Twenty-One Trombones Vol. Two'' (Project 3, 1969)
*1957 ''Let's Face the Music and Dance'' ([[RCA Records|RCA]])
* ''Green Power'' (Project 3, 1971)
*1958 ''Best of New Broadway Show Hits'' (RCA)
* ''Bein' Green'' (Project 3, 1972)
*1960 ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green'' ([[Command Records|Command]])
* ''Old Time Modern'' (Vanguard, 1973)
*1961 ''The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Volume 2'' (Command)
*1963 ''Urbie Green and His 6-Tet.'' (Command)
* ''Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band'' (Project 3, 1974)
* ''[[The Fox (Urbie Green album)|The Fox]]'' (CTI, 1977)
*1967 ''21 Trombones'' ([[Project 3]])
* ''[[Señor Blues (Urbie Green album)|Señor Blues]]'' (CTI, 1977)
*1971 ''Green Power'' (Project 3)
*1972 ''Bein' Green'' (Project 3)
* ''Oleo'' (Pausa, 1978)
*1973 ''Old Time Modern'' (RCA) (recorded in 1954)
* ''The Message'' (RCA 1986)
*1973 ''21 Trombones Volume 2'' (Project 3)
* ''Umpteen Trombones'' (Project 3, 1987)
* ''Just Friends'' (Live at EJ's, 1996)
*1974 ''Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band'' (Project 3)
* ''Sea Jam Blues'' (Chiaroscuro, 1997)
*1976 ''[[The Fox (Urbie Green album)|The Fox]]'' ([[CTI Records|CTI]])
* ''Indigo Moods'' (Jazz Hour, 2006)
*1977 ''[[Señor Blues (Urbie Green album)|Señor Blues]]'' (CTI)
*1978 ''Live at Rick's Cafe American'' ([[Flying Fish Records|Flying Fish]])
*1981 ''Just Friends'' ([[E.J. Records|EJ]])
*1995 ''Sea Jam Blues'' ([[Chiaroscuro Records|Chiaroscuro]])


===As sideman===
===As sideman===
'''With [[Manny Albam]]'''
'''With [[Manny Albam]]'''
*''[[The Drum Suite]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956) with [[Ernie Wilkins]]
* ''[[The Drum Suite]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
*''[[Jazz Goes to the Movies]]'' (Impulse!, 1963)
* ''The Jazz Workshop'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
* ''The Blues Is Everybody's Business'' (Coral, 1958)
'''With [[Steve Allen]]
*''[[Jazz for Tonight]]'' (Coral, 1955)
* ''Sophisticated Lady'' (Coral, 1958)
* ''[[Jazz Goes to the Movies]]'' (Impulse!, 1963)
'''With [[Trigger Alpert]]'''

*''[[Trigger Happy!]]'' (Riverside, 1956)
'''With [[The Count Basie Orchestra]]'''
'''With [[The Count Basie Orchestra]]'''
*''[[This Time by Basie!]]'' (Reprise, 1963)
* ''[[This Time by Basie!]]'' (Reprise, 1963)
*''[[Ella and Basie!]]'' (Verve, 1963)
* ''[[Ella and Basie!]]'' (Verve, 1963)
*''[[Basie Land]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''[[Basie Land]]'' (Verve, 1964)

'''With [[Ruth Brown]]'''
'''With [[Tony Bennett]]'''
*''[[Ruth Brown '65]]'' (Mainstream, 1965)
* ''My Heart Sings'' (Columbia, 1961)
'''With [[Ray Bryant]]'''
*''[[Madison Time]]'' (Columbia, 1960)
* ''A Time, for Love'' (Columbia, 1966)
* ''The Very Thought of You'' (Columbia, 1966)
'''With [[Kenny Burrell]]'''
*''[[Blues - The Common Ground]]'' (Verve, 1968)
* ''Tony Makes It Happen!'' (Columbia, 1967)

*''[[Night Song (Kenny Burrell album)|Night Song]]'' (Verve, 1969)
'''With [[Ron Carter]]'''
'''With [[Buck Clayton]]'''
*''[[Parade (Ron Carter album)|Parade]]'' (Milestone, 1979)
* ''[[The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest]]'' (Columbia, 1954)
* ''[[How Hi the Fi]]'' (Columbia, 1954)
;With [[Buck Clayton]]
*''[[The Huckle-Buck and Robbins' Nest]]'' (Columbia, 1954)
* ''[[Jumpin' at the Woodside (album)|Jumpin' at the Woodside]]'' (Columbia, 1955)
*''[[How Hi the Fi]]'' (Columbia, 1954)
* ''Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman'' (Columbia, 1955)
*''[[Jumpin' at the Woodside (album)|Jumpin' at the Woodside]]'' (Columbia, 1955)
* ''[[All the Cats Join In]]'' (Columbia, 1956)
*''[[All the Cats Join In]]'' (Columbia 1956)
* ''Swingin' Buck Clayton Jams'' (CBS, 1974)
* ''A Buck Clayton Jam Session'' (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
'''With [[Al Cohn]]'''

*''[[Son of Drum Suite]]'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
''' With [[Ray Conniff]]'''
*''[['s Continental]]'' (Columbia, 1961)
'''With [[Paul Desmond]]'''
*''[[Summertime (Paul Desmond album)|Summertime]]'' (A&M/CTI, 1968)
'''With [[Bill Evans]]'''
*''[[Symbiosis (Bill Evans album)|Symbiosis]]'' (MPS, 1974)
'''With [[Gil Evans]]'''
*''[[Into the Hot (Gil Evans album)|Into the Hot]]'' (Impulse!, 1961)
'''With [[Art Farmer]]'''
*''[[Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra]]'' (Mercury, 1962)
'''With [[Maynard Ferguson]]'''
*''[[The Blues Roar]]'' (Mainstream, 1965)
'''With [[Aretha Franklin]]'''
*''[[Soul '69]]'' (Atlantic, 1969)
'''With [[Dizzy Gillespie]]'''
*''[[Gillespiana]]'' (Verve, 1960)
*''[[Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)|Perceptions]]'' (Verve, 1961)
'''With [[Johnny Griffin]]'''
*''[[White Gardenia]]'' (Riverside, 1961)
;With [[Coleman Hawkins]]
*''[[The Hawk in Hi Fi]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
*''[[Wrapped Tight]]'' (Impulse!, 1965)
'''With [[Billie Holiday]]'''
*''[[Lady in Satin]]'' (Columbia, 1958)
'''With [[Bobby Hutcherson]]'''
*''[[Conception: The Gift of Love]]'' (Columbia, 1979)
'''With [[Milt Jackson]]'''
*''[[Ray Brown / Milt Jackson]]'' with [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] (Verve, 1965)
'''With [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]]'''
*''[[Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim album)|Wave]]'' (CTI, 1967)
*''[[Stone Flower (album)|Stone Flower]]'' (CTI, 1970)
'''With [[J. J. Johnson]]'''
*''[[J.J.'s Broadway]]'' (Verve, 1963)
'''With [[Quincy Jones]]'''
'''With [[Quincy Jones]]'''
*''[[The Birth of a Band!]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
* ''This Is How I Feel About Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
*''[[The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
* ''[[The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
*''[[Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini]]'' (Mercury, 1964)
* ''[[The Birth of a Band!]]'' (Mercury, 1959)
*''[[Quincy Plays for Pussycats]]'' (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
* ''[[Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini]]'' (Mercury, 1964)
* ''Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag'' (Mercury, 1965)
'''With [[Irene Kral]]'''

*''[[SteveIreneo!]]'' (United Artists, 1959)
'''With [[Mundell Lowe]]'''
'''With [[Mundell Lowe]]'''
*''[[Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz]]'' (RCA Camden, 1960)
* ''[[Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz]]'' (RCA Camden, 1960)
*[[Satan in High Heels#Soundtrack|''Satan in High Heels'' (soundtrack)]] (Charlie Parker, 1961)
* [[Satan in High Heels#Soundtrack|''Satan in High Heels'' (soundtrack)]] (Charlie Parker, 1961)
* ''Blues for a Stripper'' (Charlie Parker, 1962)
'''With [[Herbie Mann]]'''

*''[[Sultry Serenade]]'' (Riverside, 1957)
'''With [[Astrud Gilberto]]'''
*''[[Salute to the Flute]]'' (Epic, 1957)
* ''The Shadow of Your Smile'' (Verve, 1965)
'''With [[Carmen McRae]]'''
*''[[Something to Swing About]]'' (Kapp, 1959)
* ''Beach Samba'' (Verve, 1967)
* ''That Girl from Ipanema'' (Image, 1977)
'''With [[Gil Mellé]]'''

*''[[The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions|Gil Mellé Quintet with Urbie Green and Tal Farlow]]'' (Blue Note, 1953)
'''With [[Blue Mitchell]]'''
'''With [[Woody Herman]]'''
*''[[Smooth as the Wind]]'' (Riverside, 1961)
* ''At the Monterey Jazz Festival'' (Atlantic, 1960)
* ''Hey! Heard the Herd?'' (Verve, 1963)
'''With [[Wes Montgomery]]'''
* ''In Person Woody Herman and His '51 Herd Live in New Orleans'' (Giants of Jazz, 1979)
*''[[Movin' Wes]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''The Third Herd'' (Discovery, 1982)
'''With [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]]'''

*''[[Rah!]]'' (Riverside, 1961)
'''With [[Oliver Nelson]]'''
'''With [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]]'''
* ''[[Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim album)|Wave]]'' (A&M/CTI, 1967)
*''[[Impressions of Phaedra]]'' (United Artists Jazz, 1962)
* ''[[Stone Flower (album)|Stone Flower]]'' (CTI, 1970)
*''[[The Spirit of '67 (Oliver Nelson and Pee Wee Russell album)|The Spirit of '67]]'' with [[Pee Wee Russell]] (Impulse!, 1967)
* ''Jobim'' (MCA, 1973)
'''With [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]]'''

*''[[I'm Still Swinging]]'' (RCA Victor, 1955)
'''With [[J. J. Johnson]] & [[Kai Winding]]'''
*''[[Salute to Satch]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
* ''Jay & Kai + 6'' (Columbia, 1956)
'''With [[Chico O'Farrill]]'''
*''[[Nine Flags]]'' (Impulse!, 1966)
* ''Jay and Kai'' (Fontana, 1959)
* ''[[J.J.'s Broadway]]'' (Verve, 1963)
'''With [[Glenn Osser]]'''

*''In My Merry Oldsmobile'' (DaJon, 1964)
'''With [[Henri Rene]]'''
'''With [[Enoch Light]]'''
*''[[Compulsion to Swing]]'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
* ''Provocative Percussion Vol. 2'' (Command, 1960)
* ''Big Band Bossa Nova'' (Command, 1962)
'''With [[Lalo Schifrin]]'''
*''[[New Fantasy]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''My Musical Coloring Book'' (Command, 1963)
* ''Film Fame Marvelous Movie Themes'' (Project 3, 1967)
*''[[The Dissection and Reconstruction of Music From the Past as Performed By the Inmates of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble as a Tribute to the Memory of the Marquis De Sade]]'' (Verve, 1966)
*''[[Towering Toccata]]'' (CTI, 1976)
* ''Permissive Polyphonics'' (Project 3, 1970)
* ''The Big Band Sound of the Thirties'' (Project 3, 1970)
'''With [[Shirley Scott]]'''
* ''Big Band Hits of the 30s & 40s'' (Project 3, 1971)
*''[[Great Scott!! (album)|Great Scott!!]]'' (Impulse!, 1964)
* ''Big Hits of the 20s'' (Project 3, 1971)
'''With [[Frank Sinatra]]'''
*''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' (Qwest, 1984)
* ''Movie Hits!'' (Project 3, 1972)
* ''The Brass Menagerie 1973'' (Project 3, 1972)
'''With [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]]'''
* ''The Big Band Hits of the 40s & 50s'' (Project 3, 1973)
*''[[Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith]]'' (Verve, 1962)
*''[[The Cat (album)|The Cat]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* ''The Disco Disque'' (Project 3, 1975)

'''With [[Sonny Stitt]]'''
'''With [[Van McCoy]]'''
*''[[The Matadors Meet the Bull]]'' (Roulette, 1965)
*''[[I Keep Comin' Back!]]'' (Roulette, 1966)
* ''Love Is the Answer'' (Avco, 1974)
* ''Rhythms of the World'' (H&L, 1976)
'''With [[Stanley Turrentine]]'''
* ''The Real McCoy'' (H&L, 1976)
*''[[Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album)|Nightwings]]'' (Fantasy, 1977)
* ''And His Magnificent Movie Machine'' (H&L, 1977)
'''With [[Walter Wanderley]]'''
* ''My Favorite Fantasy'' (MCA, 1978)
*''[[Rain Forest (Walter Wanderley album)|Rain Forest]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* ''Lonely Dancer'' (MCA, 1979)
'''With [[Dinah Washington]]'''

*''[[The Swingin' Miss "D"]]'' (EmArcy, 1956)
'''With [[Joe Wilder]]'''
'''With [[Hugo Montenegro]]'''
*''[[The Pretty Sound]]'' (Columbia, 1959)
* ''Ellington Fantasy'' (Vik, 1958)
* ''Bongos and Brass'' (Time, 1960)
'''With [[Kai Winding]]'''
*''[[More Brass]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* ''Arriba!'' (Time, 1960)
*''[[Dirty Dog (album)|Dirty Dog]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* ''Overture, American Musical Theatre'' (Time, 1961)
* ''Great Songs from Motion Pictures'' (Time, 1961)
'''With [[Steve Lawrence]]
* ''Boogie Woogie + Bongos'' (Time, 1962)
*''[[Swingin' West]]''
* ''The Great Hits of the 50's'' (Time, 1964)
'''With [[Benny Goodman]]'''
*''[[From Broadway to Paris]]''(ABC, 1973)
* ''Montenegro & Mayhem'' (Time, 1965)
* ''Mira!'' (Mainstream, 1967)

'''With [[Jimmy Rushing]]'''
* ''The Jazz Odyssey of Jimmy Rushing'' (Philips, 1957)
* ''Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass'' (Columbia, 1958)
* ''Five Feet of Soul'' (Colpix, 1963)

'''With others'''
* [[Steve Allen]], ''Jazz for Tonight'' (Coral, 1955)
* [[Trigger Alpert]], ''[[Trigger Happy!]]'' (Riverside, 1956)
* [[LaVern Baker]], ''LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith'' (Atlantic, 1958)
* [[Sallie Blair]], ''Squeeze Me'' (Bethlehem, 1957)
* [[Teresa Brewer]], ''Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland Band'' (Coral, 1959)
* [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] & [[Milt Jackson]], ''[[Ray Brown / Milt Jackson]]'' (Verve, 1965)
* [[Ruth Brown]], ''[[Ruth Brown '65]]'' (Mainstream, 1965)
* Ruth Brown, ''Softly'' (Mainstream, 1972)
* [[Ray Bryant]], ''[[Madison Time]]'' (Columbia, 1960)
* [[John Bunch]], ''John's Bunch'' (Famous Door, 1975)
* [[Vinnie Burke]], ''The Vinnie Burke All-Stars'' (ABC-Paramount,1956)
* [[Ralph Burns]], ''Where There's Burns There's Fire'' (Warwick, 1961)
* Ralph Burns, ''Very Warm for Jazz'' (MCA, 1975)
* [[Kenny Burrell]], ''[[Blues - The Common Ground]]'' (Verve, 1968)
* Kenny Burrell, ''[[Night Song (Kenny Burrell album)|Night Song]]'' (Verve, 1969)
* [[Billy Butterfield]], ''Thank You for a Lovely Evening'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
* [[Bobby Byrne (musician)|Bobby Byrne]], ''The Jazzbone's Connected to the Trombone'' (Grand Award, 1959)
* [[John Cacavas]], ''Sound Spectrum for Orchestra'' (Murbo, 1963)
* [[Charlie Calello]], ''Calello Serenade'' (Midsong, 1979)
* [[Cab Calloway]], ''The Hi-De-Ho-Man'' (RCA, 1982)
* [[Joe Carroll (singer)|Joe Carroll]], ''Joe Carroll with the Ray Bryant Quintet'' (Epic, 1956)
* [[Ron Carter]], ''[[Parade (Ron Carter album)|Parade]]'' (Milestone, 1979)
* [[Jim Chapin]], ''Profile of a Jazz Drummer'' (Classic Jazz, 1977)
* [[Ray Charles]], ''Genius + Soul = Jazz'' (Impulse!, 1961)
* Ray Charles, ''At the Club'' (Philips, 1966)
* [[Ray Charles Singers]], ''Something Wonderful'' (Command, 1961)
* [[Al Cohn]], ''[[Son of Drum Suite]]'' (RCA Victor, 1961)
* [[John Coates Jr.]], ''Our Love Is Here to Stay'' (Baybridge, 1982)
* John Coates Jr., ''Pocono Friends Encore'' (Omni Sound, 1982)
* [[Ray Conniff]], ''S Wonderful!'' (Columbia, 1956)
* [[Don Costa]], ''Echoing Voices and Trombones'' (United Artists, 1960)
* [[Miles Davis]], ''Facets'' (CBS, 1967)
* [[Rusty Dedrick]], ''A Jazz Journey'' (Monmouth, 1965)
* [[Johnny Desmond]], ''Desmo Sings Desmond'' (Coral, 1957)
* [[Paul Desmond]], ''[[Summertime (Paul Desmond album)|Summertime]]'' (A&M, 1969)
* [[Eumir Deodato]], ''Whirlwinds'' (MCA, 1974)
* Eumir Deodato, ''First Cuckoo'' (MCA, 1975)
* [[Vic Dickenson]], ''Slidin' Swing'' (Jazztone, 1957)
* [[Jean DuShon]], ''Feeling Good'' (Cadet, 1965)
* [[Charles Earland]], ''Coming to You Live'' (Columbia, 1980)
* [[Bill Evans]], ''[[Symbiosis (Bill Evans album)|Symbiosis]]'' (MPS/BASF, 1974)
* [[Gil Evans]], ''[[Into the Hot (Gil Evans album)|Into the Hot]]'' (Impulse!, 1962)
* [[Maynard Ferguson]], ''[[The Blues Roar]]'' (Mainstream, 1964) [reissued as part of ''The Big F'' (Mainstream, 1974)]
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] & [[Count Basie]], ''Ella and Basie!'' (Verve, 1963)
* Ella Fitzgerald, ''Ella Fitzgerald'' (Amiga, 1966)
* [[Aretha Franklin]], ''[[Soul '69]]'' (Atlantic, 1969)
* Aretha Franklin, ''Love All the Hurt Away'' (Arista, 1987)
* [[The Free Design]], ''Heaven/Earth'' (Project 3, 1969)
* [[Barry Galbraith]], ''Guitar and the Wind'' (Decca, 1958)
* [[Terry Gibbs]], ''Swingin' with Terry Gibbs and His Orchestra'' (EmArcy, 1956)
* [[Dizzy Gillespie]], ''[[Gillespiana]]'' (Verve, 1960)
* Dizzy Gillespie, ''[[Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie album)|Perceptions]]'' (Verve, 1961)
* [[Marty Gold]], ''Swingin' West'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
* Marty Gold, ''24 Pieces of Gold'' (RCA Victor, 1962)
* [[Benny Goodman]], ''The Benny Goodman Story'' (Decca, 1955)
* [[Buddy Greco]], ''I Like It Swinging'' (Columbia, 1961)
* [[Bobby Hackett]], ''Bobby Hackett Sextet & Quintet'' (Storyville, 1999)
* [[Coleman Hawkins]], ''[[The Hawk in Hi Fi]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
* Coleman Hawkins, ''[[Wrapped Tight]]'' (Impulse!, 1965)
* [[Neal Hefti]], ''Concert Miniatures'' (Vik, 1957)
* [[Billie Holiday]], ''[[Lady in Satin]]'' (Columbia, 1958)
* [[Bobby Hutcherson]], ''[[Conception: The Gift of Love]]'' (Columbia, 1979)
* [[Fran Jeffries]], ''Fran Jeffries Sings of Sex and the Single Girl'' (MGM, 1964)
* [[Jonah Jones]] & [[Jack Teagarden]], ''Double Exposure'' (Ember, 1962)
* [[Beverly Kenney]], ''Come Swing with Me'' (Roost, 1956)
* [[Irene Kral]], ''[[SteveIreneo!]]'' (United Artists, 1959)
* [[Gene Krupa]], ''Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements'' (Verve, 1959)
* Gene Krupa, ''Percussion King'' (Verve, 1961)
* [[Frankie Laine]] & [[Buck Clayton]], ''Jazz Spectacular'' (Columbia, 1956)
* [[Elliot Lawrence]], ''Plays Tiny Kahn and Johnny Mandel Arrangements'' (Fantasy, 1956)
* Elliot Lawrence, ''Big Band Modern'' (Jazztone, 1957)
* [[Michel Legrand]], ''Plays Richard Rodgers'' (Philips, 1963)
* [[Sonny Lester]], ''After Hours Middle East'' (Time, 1962)
* [[Jon Lucien]], ''Premonition'' (Columbia, 1976)
* [[Richard Maltby Sr.|Richard Maltby]], ''Many Sided Maltby'' (Sesac, 1958)
* Richard Maltby, ''Ballads and Blues'' (Roulette, 1962)
* [[The Manhattan Transfer]], ''Pastiche'' (Atlantic, 1978)
* [[Herbie Mann]], ''[[Sultry Serenade]]'' (Riverside, 1957)
* Herbie Mann, ''[[Salute to the Flute]]'' (Epic, 1957)
* [[Marky Markowitz]], ''Mark's Vibes'' (Famous Door, 1976)
* [[Marilyn McCoo]] & [[Billy Davis Jr.]], ''Marilyn & Billy'' (Columbia, 1978)
* [[Jackie Mclean]], ''Monuments'' (RCA 1979)
* [[Gil Melle]], ''[[The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions]]'' (Blue Note, 1953)
* [[Bette Midler]], ''Thighs and Whispers'' (Atlantic, 1979)
* [[Blue Mitchell]], ''[[Smooth as the Wind]]'' (Riverside, 1961)
* [[Wes Montgomery]], ''[[Movin' Wes]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* [[Sam Most]], ''Sam Most Quartet Plus Two'' (Debut, 1958)
* [[Tony Mottola]], ''Tony Mottola and the Brass Menagerie'' (Project 3, 1974)
* [[Mark Murphy (singer)|Mark Murphy]], ''[[Rah!]]'' (Riverside, 1961)
* [[Herbie Mann]], ''Salute to the Flute'' (Epic, 1957)
* Herbie Mann, ''Sultry Serenade'' (Riverside, 1958)
* [[Gerry Mulligan]], ''Mulligan in the Main'' (Phontastic, 1992)
* [[Oliver Nelson]], ''[[Impressions of Phaedra]]'' (United Artists Jazz, 1962)
* Oliver Nelson, ''Afro/American Sketches'' (Prestige, 1962)
* Oliver Nelson, ''Full Nelson'' (Verve, 1963)
* [[Joe Newman (trumpeter)|Joe Newman]], ''[[I'm Still Swinging]]'' (RCA Victor, 1955)
* Joe Newman, ''[[Salute to Satch]]'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
* [[Red Norvo]], Urbie Green, [[Dave McKenna]], ''Live at Rick's Cafe Americain'' (Flying Fish, 1979)
* [[Chico O'Farrill]], ''[[Nine Flags]]'' (Impulse!, 1966)
* [[Charlie Parker]], ''Bird with the Herd 1951'' (Alamac, 1972)
* [[Peaches & Herb]], ''Peaches & Herb'' (MCA, 1977)
* [[Anthony Perkins|Tony Perkins]], ''From My Heart'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
* [[Nick Perito]], ''Blazing Latin Brass'' (United Artists, 1960)
* [[Esther Phillips]], ''Performance'' (Kudu, 1974)
* [[Jimmy Ponder]], ''All Things Beautiful'' (LRC 1978)
* Jimmy Ponder, ''Los Grandes Del Jazz 28'' (Sarpe, 1980)
* [[Della Reese]], ''Melancholy Baby'' (Jubilee, 1957)
* [[Irene Reid]], ''It's Only the Beginning'' (MGM, 1963)
* Irene Reid, ''Room for One More'' (Verve, 1965)
* [[Joe Reisman]], ''Door of Dreams'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
* Joe Reisman, ''Party Night at Joe's'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
* [[Henri Rene]], ''Compulsion to Swing'' (RCA Victor, 1959)
* [[Frank Rosolino]], ''North Sea Jazz Sessions Vol. 2'' (Jazz World, 1992)
* [[Lillian Roth]], ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' (Philips, 1957)
* [[David Ruffin]], ''Who I Am'' (Motown, 1975)
* [[Pee Wee Russell]] & Oliver Nelson, ''[[The Spirit of '67 (Oliver Nelson and Pee Wee Russell album)|The Spirit of '67]]'' (ABC Impulse!, 1972)
* [[Lalo Schifrin]], ''[[New Fantasy]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* Lalo Schifrin, ''[[Towering Toccata]]'' (CTI, 1977)
* [[Shirley Scott]], ''[[Great Scott!! (album)|Great Scott!!]]'' ( (Impulse!, 1964)
* [[Doc Severinsen]], ''The Big Band's Back in Town'' (Command, 1962)
* [[Phil Silvers]], ''[[Phil Silvers and Swinging Brass]]'' (Columbia, 1957)
* [[Zoot Sims]], ''On the Trail'' (Pausa, 1978)
* [[Frank Sinatra]], ''[[L.A. Is My Lady]]'' (Qwest, 1984)
* [[George Siravo]], ''Rodgers & Hart Percussion & Strings'' (Time, 1960)
* [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], ''[[Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith]]'' (Verve, 1962)
* Jimmy Smith, ''[[The Cat (album)|The Cat]]'' (Verve, 1964)
* [[Marvin Stamm]], ''Machinations'' (Verve, 1968)
* [[Sonny Stitt]], ''[[The Matadors Meet the Bull]]'' (Roulette, 1965)
* Sonny Stitt, ''[[I Keep Comin' Back!]]'' (Roulette, 1966)
* [[Kirby Stone]], ''Frank Loesser's Broadway Hit Guys & Dolls Like Today'' (Columbia, 1962)
* [[Sylvia Syms (singer)|Sylvia Syms]], ''The Fabulous Sylvia Syms'' (20th Century Fox, 1964)
* [[Grady Tate]], ''Windmills of My Mind'' (Skye, 1968)
* [[Billy Taylor]], ''Right Here, Right Now!'' (Capitol, 1963)
* [[Clark Terry]] & Coleman Hawkins, ''Eddie Costa: Memorial Concert'' (Colpix, 1963)
* Clark Terry, ''What Makes Sammy Swing!'' (20th Century Fox, 1964)
* [[Stanley Turrentine]], ''[[Nightwings (Stanley Turrentine album)|Nightwings]]'' (Fantasy, 1977)
* Stanley Turrentine, ''West Side Highway'' (Fantasy, 1978)
* [[Charlie Ventura]], ''Chazz '77'' (Famous Door, 1977)
* [[Walter Wanderley]], ''[[Rain Forest (Walter Wanderley album)|Rain Forest]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* [[Dinah Washington]], ''[[The Swingin' Miss "D"]]'' (EmArcy, 1957)
* Dinah Washington, ''Newport '58'' (Mercury, 1972)
* [[Frances Wayne]], ''The Warm Sound: Frances Wayne'' (Atlantic, 1957)
* [[Frank Wess]], ''The Award Winner'' (Mainstream, 1964)
* [[Joe Wilder]], ''[[The Pretty Sound]]'' (Columbia, 1959)
* [[Julie Wilson]], ''Love'' (Dolphin, 1956)
* [[Kai Winding]], ''[[Dirty Dog (album)|Dirty Dog]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* Kai Winding, ''[[More Brass]]'' (Verve, 1966)
* [[Lee Wiley]], ''West of the Moon'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
* [[George Williams (musician)|George Williams]], ''Put On Your Dancing Shoes'' (United Artists, 1960)
* [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], ''At the Monterey Jazz Festival'' (Columbia, 1975)
* [[Zulema]], ''Z-licious'' (London, 1978)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.urbiegreen.com – Official Web Site]
*[http://www.urbiegreen.com Official site]
*[http://www.trombone-usa.com/green_urbie.htm Urbie Green at the Trombone Page of the World]
*[http://www.trombone-usa.com/green_urbie.htm Urbie Green at the Trombone Page of the World]
*[http://www.kendowdy.com A Tribute to Urbie Green]
*[http://www.kendowdy.com A Tribute to Urbie Green] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815195849/http://kendowdy.com/ |date=August 15, 2020 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050325204427/http://www.jazzhall.com/inductees/UrbieGreen.asp Biography at Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050325204427/http://www.jazzhall.com/inductees/UrbieGreen.asp Biography at Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050324022320/http://windsongpress.com/brass%20players/trombone/green.htm Biography at WindSong Press]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050324022320/http://windsongpress.com/brass%20players/trombone/green.htm Biography at WindSong Press]
*[http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=3755 Profile at Verve Music]
*[http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=3755 Profile at Verve Music]
*[http://www.jazzhall.com Official website of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]
*[http://www.jazzhall.com Official website of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame]
*[https://www.poconorecord.com/obituaries/20190105/urban-clifford-urbie-green]
*[https://www.poconorecord.com/obituaries/20190105/urban-clifford-urbie-green Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green]
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Urbie Green
Urbie Green (1956)
Urbie Green (1956)
Background information
Birth nameUrban Clifford Green
Born(1926-08-08)August 8, 1926
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
DiedDecember 31, 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 92)
Hellertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrombone
Labels
Formerly ofWoody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, Frankie Carle

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.[3] He played on over 250 recordings and released more than two dozen albums as a soloist. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.

Early years

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Green was born in Mobile, Alabama.[1] He 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. He listened to trombonists Tommy Dorsey, J. C. Higginbotham, Jack Jenney, Jack Teagarden, and Trummy Young, but 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. He attended Auburn High School, where he was a member of The Auburn Knights Orchestra.

Career

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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. In California, he finished high school at the Hollywood Professional School in Los Angeles.[4] In 1947, he joined Gene Krupa's band.[1] Three years later, he and his brother Jack became members of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd.[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. During the 1950s and 1960s he toured with Benny Goodman,[1] and led the Tommy Dorsey orchestra after Dorsey's death in 1956.[1] He worked with record producer Enoch Light on the albums The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green and 21 Trombones. Green spent his later life with his second wife Kathy, a jazz singer, at their home in the Pocono Mountains region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

In 1995, Green was elected into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. He continued playing live at the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts Festival every September into the last years of his life.

Personal life

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Green's obituary was published in the Pocono Record.[2]

Discography

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As leader

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  • All About Urbie Green and His Big Band (ABC-Paramount, 1955)
  • Blues and Other Shades of Green (ABC-Paramount, 1955)
  • Urbie East Coast Jazz/6 (Bethlehem, 1955)
  • Slidin' Swing (Jazztone, 1957)
  • Jimmy McHugh in Hi-Fi (RCA Victor, 1958)
  • Let's Face the Music and Dance (RCA Victor, 1958)
  • The Best of New Broadway Show Hits (RCA Victor, 1959)
  • His Trombone and Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1959)
  • The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green (Command, 1960)
  • Cole Porter Swings Easy in Stereo (Soundcraft, 1961)
  • Urbie Green and His 6-Tet (Command, 1963)
  • Twenty-One Trombones (Project 3, 1967)
  • Twenty-One Trombones Vol. Two (Project 3, 1969)
  • Green Power (Project 3, 1971)
  • Bein' Green (Project 3, 1972)
  • Old Time Modern (Vanguard, 1973)
  • Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band (Project 3, 1974)
  • The Fox (CTI, 1977)
  • Señor Blues (CTI, 1977)
  • Oleo (Pausa, 1978)
  • The Message (RCA 1986)
  • Umpteen Trombones (Project 3, 1987)
  • Just Friends (Live at EJ's, 1996)
  • Sea Jam Blues (Chiaroscuro, 1997)
  • Indigo Moods (Jazz Hour, 2006)

As sideman

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With Manny Albam

  • The Drum Suite (RCA Victor, 1956)
  • The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor, 1956)
  • The Blues Is Everybody's Business (Coral, 1958)
  • Sophisticated Lady (Coral, 1958)
  • Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1963)

With The Count Basie Orchestra

With Tony Bennett

  • My Heart Sings (Columbia, 1961)
  • A Time, for Love (Columbia, 1966)
  • The Very Thought of You (Columbia, 1966)
  • Tony Makes It Happen! (Columbia, 1967)

With Buck Clayton

With Quincy Jones

With Mundell Lowe

With Astrud Gilberto

  • The Shadow of Your Smile (Verve, 1965)
  • Beach Samba (Verve, 1967)
  • That Girl from Ipanema (Image, 1977)

With Woody Herman

  • At the Monterey Jazz Festival (Atlantic, 1960)
  • Hey! Heard the Herd? (Verve, 1963)
  • In Person Woody Herman and His '51 Herd Live in New Orleans (Giants of Jazz, 1979)
  • The Third Herd (Discovery, 1982)

With Antonio Carlos Jobim

With J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding

  • Jay & Kai + 6 (Columbia, 1956)
  • Jay and Kai (Fontana, 1959)
  • J.J.'s Broadway (Verve, 1963)

With Enoch Light

  • Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 (Command, 1960)
  • Big Band Bossa Nova (Command, 1962)
  • My Musical Coloring Book (Command, 1963)
  • Film Fame Marvelous Movie Themes (Project 3, 1967)
  • Permissive Polyphonics (Project 3, 1970)
  • The Big Band Sound of the Thirties (Project 3, 1970)
  • Big Band Hits of the 30s & 40s (Project 3, 1971)
  • Big Hits of the 20s (Project 3, 1971)
  • Movie Hits! (Project 3, 1972)
  • The Brass Menagerie 1973 (Project 3, 1972)
  • The Big Band Hits of the 40s & 50s (Project 3, 1973)
  • The Disco Disque (Project 3, 1975)

With Van McCoy

  • Love Is the Answer (Avco, 1974)
  • Rhythms of the World (H&L, 1976)
  • The Real McCoy (H&L, 1976)
  • And His Magnificent Movie Machine (H&L, 1977)
  • My Favorite Fantasy (MCA, 1978)
  • Lonely Dancer (MCA, 1979)

With Hugo Montenegro

  • Ellington Fantasy (Vik, 1958)
  • Bongos and Brass (Time, 1960)
  • Arriba! (Time, 1960)
  • Overture, American Musical Theatre (Time, 1961)
  • Great Songs from Motion Pictures (Time, 1961)
  • Boogie Woogie + Bongos (Time, 1962)
  • The Great Hits of the 50's (Time, 1964)
  • Montenegro & Mayhem (Time, 1965)
  • Mira! (Mainstream, 1967)

With Jimmy Rushing

  • The Jazz Odyssey of Jimmy Rushing (Philips, 1957)
  • Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (Columbia, 1958)
  • Five Feet of Soul (Colpix, 1963)

With others

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  2. ^ a b "Urban Clifford 'Urbie' Green". Pocono Record. January 5, 2019. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Urbie Green". AllMusic. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  4. ^ American School Band Directors Association, Phi Beta Mu (Newark, Ohio) (1970). The School Musician Director and Teacher. Ammark Publishing Company. p. 56.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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