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Tony Terran

{{Short description|American trumpet player}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tony Terran

| image = Dad with trumpet in the 1980's.pdf

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|5|30}}

| birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|20|1926|5|30}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Trumpet

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| associated_acts = The Wrecking Crew, Desi Arnaz Orchestra

| website = {{URL|http://tonyterran.com}}

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Anthony Terran (May 30, 1926 – March 20, 2017) was an American trumpet player and session musician. He was part of the Wrecking Crew, a group of largely uncredited session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who helped famous artists record hit records in the 1960s.{{cite web |last=Terran |first=Tony |title=Horn Credits as Wrecking Crew Member |url=http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com/ |website=The Wrecking Crew Documentary Film |publisher=Producer Denny Tedesco |accessdate=July 1, 2008}}

Career

Terran was in high school when he started working on live radio shows in Buffalo, New York. In 1944, he arrived in Los Angeles after touring with Horace Heidt. In 1945, he began working with Bob Hope, and then with Desi Arnaz in 1946. Terran was the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz Orchestra from the I Love Lucy television show.{{cite web |last=Contreras |first=Felix |title=Ricky Ricardo: The 'Mr. Babalu' Next Door |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90535612 |website=NPR Music |date=May 18, 2008}}{{cite web|last1=Anderson|first1=Christopher|title=I Love Lucy: US Situation Comedy|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/ilovelucy.htm|website=Museum TV|publisher=Museum.TV|access-date=2016-04-22|archive-date=2015-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216055315/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/ilovelucy.htm|url-status=dead}}

Terran performed and recorded with many artists including the Jackson 5, the 5th Dimension, the Mamas & the Papas, the Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, the Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Neil Diamond, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Commodores, Perry Como, Bob Dylan,{{cite web |url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01790%201970.htm |title=Still On The Road: 1970 Recording Sessions |accessdate=March 27, 2017}} Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Tony Bennett, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee,{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzrecordrequests/pip/bw2wk/ |title=Jazz Record Requests |website=BBC Radio 3 |accessdate=March 27, 2017}} Madonna (I'm Breathless), Dean Martin,{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=anthony-terran-mn0001204552 |tab=credits |pure_url=yes}} |title=Anthony Terran Credits |publisher=All Media Network |website=AllMusic |accessdate=March 27, 2017}} The Monkees,{{cite book |title=Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits |author=Barney Hoskyns |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2011 |isbn=9780571261246 |page=83}} Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt (Takin' My Time), Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Lou Rawls, Barbra Streisand, Baja Marimba Band, Tijuana Brass, the Carpenters, Tom Waits, Ricky Nelson, Glen Campbell and Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Family

Terran had a son named Mark in 1962 with singer/dancer Avalon Adele Kirkham. Tony and Avalon married in 1963, and he adopted her daughter from a previous marriage, Aprile Lanza. The marriage produced another son David and daughters Eve and Jennifer; all the children were raised in the Mormon faith. The couple divorced in 1976,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tony-terran-dead-trumpeter-desi-arnaz-i-love-lucy-was-90-989060/ |title=Tony Terran, Trumpet Player in Desi Arnaz's Orchestra on 'I Love Lucy,' Dies at 90 |first=Mike |last=Barnes |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 27, 2017 |issn=0018-3660}} and Avalon died of leukemia in 1981. Daughter Jennifer Terran became a singer-songwriter and pianist based in Southern California.{{cite news |last=Burk |first=Greg |date=April 4, 2001 |title=Everybody Hurts |newspaper=LA Weekly |url=https://www.laweekly.com/everybody-hurts/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117080000/https://www.laweekly.com/everybody-hurts/ |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |access-date=November 1, 2024}}

Mentor

Terran was known for mentoring new trumpet players and providing opportunities for watching his recording sessions and learning the business.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/tony-terran|title=Tony Terran|website=Television Academy}}

Selected discography

=As featured artist=

  • The Song's Been Sung (Imperial, 1966)

=As sideman=

with Chet Baker

with the Henri René Orchestra

with Lalo Schifrin

Notes

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References

  • {{cite book |title=Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew |first1=Hal |last1=Blaine |author-link1=Hal Blaine |first2=David |last2=Goggin |publisher=Rebeats Press |year=2010 |page=56 |isbn=978-1888408126}}
  • {{cite magazine |magazine=L.A. Jazz Scene |date=July 2005 |title=Tony Terran's 79th Birthday Party |page=7}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://tonyterran.com/}}
  • [http://www.christedesco.com/PhotoPages/youngterran.html Young and Terran photo]
  • {{AllMusic |class=artist |id=tony-terran-mn0000059254}}
  • {{Discogs artist|384175-Tony-Terran}}
  • {{IMDb name|4532933}}
  • {{Facebook |id=tonyterrantrumpet}}

{{The Wrecking Crew}}

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Category:1926 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Musicians from Los Angeles

Category:Musicians from Buffalo, New York

Category:American session musicians

Category:The Wrecking Crew (music) members

Category:American jazz trumpeters

Category:American male trumpeters

Category:Jazz musicians from New York (state)

Category:Jazz musicians from California

Category:American male jazz musicians