Urbie Green, one of jazz's smoothest and most polished trombonists who recorded more often than virtually any other post-war player, including Frank Rosolino, J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding, died on December 31, 2018. He was 92.
Green's soft, yearning trombone played with extraordinary breath control was unmistakable. His sound came off as a perfect high-r…
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