Tony Terran
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Tony Terran (b. May 30, 1926, Buffalo, New York) is an American trumpet player and session musician
Regarded as one of the most versatile trumpet players in the music business, Terran has had an impact on the Los Angeles music scene for more than four decades as a specialist of many musical styles. He performed and recorded with many notable artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, Linda Ronstadt, Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Bob Hope, Barbra Streisand, Chicago, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Bee Gees, The Tijuana Brass and The Baja Marimba Band.
Terran played on many recordings of television shows and film soundtracks such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, The Brady Bunch, I Dream of Jeanie, Happy Days, Popeye, The Carol Burnett Show, Cheers, L.A. Law, The Simpson’s, Star Trek, Rocky I II and III, Karate Kid I, II and III, The Natural, All The Presidents Men, Broadcast News, Field of Dreams, Grease, Officer and a Gentleman, Ghostbusters, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deep.
He was also a featured soloist for distinguished composers and conductors including Nelson Riddle, John Williams, Patrick Williams, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini and John Barry. Terran received the Most Valuable Player Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1974.
Terran was in high school when he started working on live radio shows in Buffalo. 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. His relationship with Arnez helped shape Cuban/Latin music in the United States. Terran had the distinction of playing on the first filmed television sitcom, and playing with some of the first R&B bands to use horns in the early 1950’s.
References: Dave Terran 2006