Urbie Green

Quick Facts

Full Name	Urbie Green
Occupation	Trumpet Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 8, 1926(1926-08-08)
Age	98
Date Of Death	December 31, 2018
Birthplace	Alabama
Country	United States
Birth City	Alabama
Horoscope	Leo

Urbie Green Biography

Urbie Green is one of the most popular and richest Trumpet Player who was born on August 8, 1926 in Alabama, Alabama, United States. Considered one of the most accomplished jazz trombonists of all time, Green released nearly thirty albums and contributed to close to two hundred other recordings by numerous mid-twentieth-century jazz greats.

During the late 1940s, he began performing with jazz drummer Gene Krupa.

He was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. His first marriage, to Darlein Dietz, resulted in two children named Clifford and James. He had children named Casey and Jesse with his second wife, jazz vocalist Kathy Green.

Urbie Green Net Worth

Urbie Green is one of the richest Trumpet Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Urbie Green 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

As a teenager, he performed with the Tommy Reynolds Band and The Auburn Knights Orchestra.

He led tours for both the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Urbie Green Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Urbie Ranked on the list of most popular Trumpet Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Urbie Green celebrates birthday on August 8 of every year.

Top Facts about Urbie Green

1. 1.Urban Clifford “Urbie” Green (August 8, 1926 – December 31, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist.
2. 2.He played on over 250 recordings and released more than two dozen albums as a soloist.
3. 3.He was taught the piano as a child by his mother and learned jazz and popular tunes from the beginning.
4. 4.He moved to New York City in 1953 and was voted New Star trombonist in the International Critics Poll of Down Beat magazine.
5. 5.He worked with record producer Enoch Light on the albums The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green and 21 Trombones.
6. 6.Green spent his later life with his second wife Kathy, a jazz singer, at their home in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania.
7. 7.In 1995, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
8. 8.He continued playing live at the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Festival every September into the last years of his life.
9. 9.He has played with Count Basie Orchestra, Tony Bennett, Buck Clayton, Quincy Jones, Mundell Lowe, Astrud Gilberto, Woody Herman, Antonio Carlos Jobim, J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding, Enoch Light, Van McCoy, Hugo Montenegro, and Jimmy Rushing.

Where was urbie Green from?

Mobile, AL

What trombone did urbie Green play?

Urbie Green Model Martin TR4501 Trombone This should be no surprise, for Urbie Green had to play anything and everything as the top studio trombonist in New York during the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

Who is Urbie?

Urban Clifford “Urbie” Green , known as the “trombonist’s trombonist,” is one of the true greats of jazz, among the elite of the world’s trombone players. Urbie Green has toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa and Frankie Carle and has been cited numerous times in Down Beat magazine’s annual critics awards.

Is urbie Green still alive?

December 31, 2018

Did Tommy Dorsey sing?

After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s. He is best remembered for standards such as “Opus One”, “Song of India”, “Marie”, “On Treasure Island”, and his biggest hit single, “I’ll Never Smile Again”.