解:根据题意,得$\vert a - b + 1\vert +\sqrt {a + 2b + 4}=0$
∵$\vert a - b + 1\vert \geqslant_{0},$$\sqrt {a + 2b + 4}\geqslant 0$
∴$\vert a - b + 1\vert =0,$$\sqrt {a + 2b + 4}=0$
即$\begin {cases}a - b + 1 = 0\\a + 2b + 4 = 0\end {cases},$解得$\begin {cases}a = - 2\\b = - 1\end {cases}$
∴$3a + 3b$的立方根为$\sqrt [3]{3a + 3b}=\sqrt [3]{-9}=-\sqrt [3]9$