Urbie Green, 1926-2018 | Rifftides

Standard / by Bash Daily Group Archive Feed / January 6, 2019 / No Comments

Home
/
/
Urbie Green, 1926-2018 | Rifftides

https://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2019/01/urbie-green-1926-2018.html

Urbie Green, 1926-2018
January 5, 2019 by Doug Ramsey 3 Comments

We learned today that trombonist Urbie Green died last Monday, December 31, in the Poconos mountain region that he called home for many years. He was 92. A musician idolized by his contemporaries—and particularly by fellow players of the trombone—Green’s earliest big band years included stretches with Frankie Carle and Gene Krupa. His work with Woody Herman in the early 1950s brought him widespread attention and frequent mention in jazz polls and surveys. Green was a member of the all-star band that played at the White House at an elaborate party that President Richard Nixon gave Duke Ellington in 1969 on Ellington’s 70th birthday. Much of the music that night was captured for Blue Note Records. Ufortunately, someone–presumably Blue Note–has blocked us from embedding videos containing that performance and others. We see Green on the right above, on that occasion with fellow trombonist J.J. Johnson. To hear them collaborating—raucously—on a solo in Gerry Mulligan’s vigorous arrangement of Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss,” click here
Green solos at that White House occasion on another Ellington standard, “I Got It Bad.” Click here for the audio.
Urbie Green—reminding us why he continues to inspire trombonists around the world, and is likely to do so for decades. RIP.

Jim Eigo Jazz Promo Services T: 845-986-1677 E-Mail: j im@jazzpromoservices.com
http://www.jazzpromoservices.com

HAVE A JAZZ EVENT, NEW CD OR IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE JAZZ COMMUNITY YOU WANT TO PROMOTE? CONTACT JAZZ PROMO SERVICES FOR PRICE QUOTE.

CHECK OUT OUR NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO

Unsubscribe | Update your profile | Forward to a friend

PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE ON THIS MAILING LIST PLEASE RESPOND WITH ‘REMOVE’ IN THE SUBJECT LINE. IF YOU ARE RECEIVING DUPLICATE EMAILS OUR APOLOGIES, JAZZ PROMO SERVICES ANNOUNCEMENT LIST IS GROWING LARGER EVERY DAY…..PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL FIX IT IMMEDIATELY!

Jazz Promo Services

269 State Route 94 South

Warwick, Ny 10990

Add us to your address book

Urbie Green, 1926-2018 | Rifftides

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Client Campaigns by Year

Client Comments