Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green (8 de agosto de 1926 – 31 de dezembro de 2018) foi um trombonista de jazz norte-americano que saiu em turnês com Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, e Frankie Carle. Ele participou de mais de 250 gravações e lançou mais de vinte álbuns como artista solo. Em 1995, foi incluído no .
Primeiros anos Green nasceu em Mobile, Alabama. Sua mãe o ensinou piano na infância, e ele aprendeu melodias de jazz e populares desde cedo. Começou a tocar trombone, instrumento que seus dois irmãos mais velhos também tocavam, por volta dos 12 anos. Escutava trombonistas como Tommy Dorsey, , , e , mas afirmou ter sido mais influenciado pelos estilos de Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker e Lester Young. Sua abordagem também foi moldada pelas vozes de Perry Como e Louis Armstrong. Ele estudou na Escola Secundária de Auburn, onde integrou a The Auburn Knights Orchestra.
Carreira Aos 15 anos, após a morte de seu pai, Green iniciou sua carreira musical, primeiro com na Califórnia, depois com Bob Strong, Jan Savitt e Frankie Carle. Na Califórnia, concluiu o ensino médio na em Los Angeles. Em 1947, juntou-se à banda de Gene Krupa. Três anos depois, ele e seu irmão Jack tornaram-se membros da Thundering Herd de Woody Herman.
Em 1953, mudou-se para Nova York e, no ano seguinte, foi eleito o trombonista revelação na votação dos críticos internacionais da revista Down Beat. Durante as décadas de 1950 e 1960, entrou em turnê com Benny Goodman e liderou a orquestra de Tommy Dorsey após a morte de Dorsey em 1956. Trabalhou com o produtor musical Enoch Light nos álbuns The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green e 21 Trombones. Green passou seus últimos anos ao lado de sua segunda esposa, Kathy, uma cantora de jazz, em sua casa na região dos Poconos no nordeste da Pensilvânia.
Em 1995, foi incluído no Hall da Fama do Jazz do Alabama. Ele continuou a se apresentar ao vivo no festival Celebração das Artes de Delaware Water Gap todo mês de setembro até os últimos anos de sua vida.
Vida pessoal O obituário de Green foi publicado no jornal .
Discografia
Como líder
Urbie Green Septet (Modern Jazz Series, New Faces - New Sounds) (10") (Blue Note, 1953) A Cool Yuletide (10") (RCA/X, 1954) Urbie Green and His Band (10") (Vanguard, 1955) Urbie East Coast Jazz/6 (Bethlehem, 1955) (ABC-Paramount, 1955) (ABC-Paramount, 1956) 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 - Urbie Green, His Trombone and Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1959) The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green (Command, 1960) The Persuasive Trombone of Urbie Green Vol. 2 (Command, 1962) 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) Urbie Green's Big Beautiful Band (Project 3, 1974) (CTI, 1977) (CTI, 1977) The Message (RCA 1986) (gravado em 1959) Just Friends (Live at EJ's, 1996) (gravado em 1981) Sea Jam Blues (Chiaroscuro, 1997) (gravado em 1995)
Como sideman Com
(RCA Victor, 1956) The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor, 1956) The Blues Is Everybody's Business (Coral, 1958) Sophisticated Lady (Coral, 1958) (Impulse!, 1963)
Com Count Basie Orchestra
(Reprise, 1963) (Verve, 1963) (Verve, 1964)
Com 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)
Com
(Columbia, 1954) (Columbia, 1954) (Columbia, 1955) Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (Columbia, 1955) (Columbia, 1956) Swingin' Buck Clayton Jams (CBS, 1974) A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Chiaroscuro, 1974)
Com Quincy Jones
This Is How I Feel About Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1957) (Mercury, 1959) (Mercury, 1959) (Mercury, 1964) Quincy's Got a Brand New Bag (Mercury, 1965)
Com Mundell Lowe
(RCA Camden, 1960) Satan in High Heels (trilha sonora) (Charlie Parker, 1961) Blues for a Stripper (Charlie Parker, 1962)
Com Astrud Gilberto
The Shadow of Your Smile (Verve, 1965) Beach Samba (Verve, 1967) That Girl from Ipanema (Image, 1977)
Com 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)
Com Antônio Carlos Jobim
Wave (A&M/CTI, 1967) Stone Flower (CTI, 1970) Jobim (MCA, 1973)
Com J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
Jay & Kai + 6 (Columbia, 1956) Jay and Kai (Fontana, 1959) (Verve, 1963)
Com 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)
Com 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)
Com 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)
Com
The Jazz Odyssey of Jimmy Rushing (Philips, 1957) Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (Columbia, 1958) Five Feet of Soul (Colpix, 1963)
Com outros
Steve Allen, Jazz for Tonight (Coral, 1955) , (Riverside, 1956) LaVern Baker, LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith (Atlantic, 1958) , Squeeze Me (Bethlehem, 1957) , Teresa Brewer and the Dixieland Band (Coral, 1959) Ray Brown & Milt Jackson, (Verve, 1965) Ruth Brown, (Mainstream, 1965) Ruth Brown, Softly (Mainstream, 1972) Ray Bryant, (Columbia, 1960) John Bunch, John's Bunch (Famous Door, 1975) , 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, (Verve, 1968) Kenny Burrell, (Verve, 1969) , Thank You for a Lovely Evening (RCA Victor, 1958) , The Jazzbone's Connected to the Trombone (Grand Award, 1959) John Cacavas, Sound Spectrum for Orchestra (Murbo, 1963) , Calello Serenade (Midsong, 1979) Cab Calloway, The Hi-De-Ho-Man (RCA, 1982) , Joe Carroll with the Ray Bryant Quintet (Epic, 1956) Ron Carter, (Milestone, 1979) , 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) , (RCA Victor, 1961) , 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) , A Jazz Journey (Monmouth, 1965) , Desmo Sings Desmond (Coral, 1957) Paul Desmond, (A&M, 1969) Eumir Deodato, Whirlwinds (MCA, 1974) Eumir Deodato, First Cuckoo (MCA, 1975) , Slidin' Swing (Jazztone, 1957) , Feeling Good (Cadet, 1965) , Coming to You Live (Columbia, 1980) Bill Evans, (MPS/BASF, 1974) Gil Evans, (Impulse!, 1962) Maynard Ferguson, (Mainstream, 1964) [relançado como parte de 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) , Heaven/Earth (Project 3, 1969) , Guitar and the Wind (Decca, 1958) , Swingin' with Terry Gibbs and His Orchestra (EmArcy, 1956) Dizzy Gillespie, (Verve, 1960) Dizzy Gillespie, (Verve, 1961) , Swingin' West (RCA Victor, 1960) Marty Gold, 24 Pieces of Gold (RCA Victor, 1962) Benny Goodman, The Benny Goodman Story (Decca, 1955) , I Like It Swinging (Columbia, 1961) , Bobby Hackett Sextet & Quintet (Storyville, 1999) Coleman Hawkins, (RCA Victor, 1956) Coleman Hawkins, (Impulse!, 1965) , Concert Miniatures (Vik, 1957) Billie Holiday, (Columbia, 1958) Bobby Hutcherson, (Columbia, 1979) , Fran Jeffries Sings of Sex and the Single Girl (MGM, 1964) & , Double Exposure (Ember, 1962) , Come Swing with Me (Roost, 1956) , (United Artists, 1959) Gene Krupa, Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements (Verve, 1959) Gene Krupa, Percussion King (Verve, 1961) Frankie Laine & , Jazz Spectacular (Columbia, 1956) , Plays Tiny Kahn and Johnny Mandel Arrangements (Fantasy, 1956) Elliot Lawrence, Big Band Modern (Jazztone, 1957) Michel Legrand, Plays Richard Rodgers (Philips, 1963) , After Hours Middle East (Time, 1962) Jon Lucien, Premonition (Columbia, 1976) , Many Sided Maltby (Sesac, 1958) Richard Maltby, Ballads and Blues (Roulette, 1962) , Pastiche (Atlantic, 1978) Herbie Mann, (Riverside, 1957) Herbie Mann, (Epic, 1957) , Mark's Vibes (Famous Door, 1976) Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.., Marilyn & Billy (Columbia, 1978) , Monuments (RCA 1979) , (Blue Note, 1953) Bette Midler, Thighs and Whispers (Atlantic, 1979) Blue Mitchell, (Riverside, 1961) Wes Montgomery, (Verve, 1964) , Sam Most Quartet Plus Two (Debut, 1958) , Tony Mottola and the Brass Menagerie (Project 3, 1974) , (Riverside, 1961) Gerry Mulligan, Mulligan in the Main (Phontastic, 1992) Oliver Nelson, (United Artists Jazz, 1962) Oliver Nelson, Afro/American Sketches (Prestige, 1962) Oliver Nelson, Full Nelson (Verve, 1963) , (RCA Victor, 1955) Joe Newman, (RCA Victor, 1956) , Urbie Green, Dave McKenna, Live at Rick's Cafe Americain (Flying Fish, 1979) , (Impulse!, 1966) Charlie Parker, Bird with the Herd 1951 (Alamac, 1972) Peaches & Herb, Peaches & Herb (MCA, 1977) Tony Perkins, From My Heart (RCA Victor, 1958) , Blazing Latin Brass (United Artists, 1960) Esther Phillips, Performance (Kudu, 1974) , All Things Beautiful (LRC 1978) Jimmy Ponder, Los Grandes Del Jazz 28 (Sarpe, 1980) Della Reese, Melancholy Baby (Jubilee, 1957) , It's Only the Beginning (MGM, 1963) Irene Reid, Room for One More (Verve, 1965) , Door of Dreams (RCA Victor, 1957) Joe Reisman, Party Night at Joe's (RCA Victor, 1958) , Compulsion to Swing (RCA Victor, 1959) , North Sea Jazz Sessions Vol. 2 (Jazz World, 1992) , I'll Cry Tomorrow (Philips, 1957) , Who I Am (Motown, 1975) & Oliver Nelson, (ABC Impulse!, 1972) Lalo Schifrin, (Verve, 1964) Lalo Schifrin, (CTI, 1977) , (Impulse!, 1964) , The Big Band's Back in Town (Command, 1962) Phil Silvers, (Columbia, 1957) & , Cole Porter Swings Easy in Stereo (Soundcraft, 1961) Zoot Sims, On the Trail (Pausa, 1978) Frank Sinatra, (Qwest, 1984) , Rodgers & Hart Percussion & Strings (Time, 1960) , (Verve, 1962) Jimmy Smith, (Verve, 1964) , Machinations (Verve, 1968) Sonny Stitt, (Roulette, 1965) Sonny Stitt, (Roulette, 1966) , Frank Loesser's Broadway Hit Guys & Dolls Like Today (Columbia, 1962) , The Fabulous Sylvia Syms (20th Century Fox, 1964) , Windmills of My Mind (Skye, 1968) Billy Taylor, Right Here, Right Now! (Capitol, 1963) & Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Costa: Memorial Concert (Colpix, 1963) Clark Terry, What Makes Sammy Swing! (20th Century Fox, 1964) Stanley Turrentine, (Fantasy, 1977) Stanley Turrentine, West Side Highway (Fantasy, 1978) , Chazz '77 (Famous Door, 1977) Walter Wanderley, (Verve, 1966) Dinah Washington, (EmArcy, 1957) Dinah Washington, Newport '58 (Mercury, 1972) , The Warm Sound: Frances Wayne (Atlantic, 1957) , The Award Winner (Mainstream, 1964) , (Columbia, 1959) , Love (Dolphin, 1956) Kai Winding, (Verve, 1966)