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Tony Terran

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Tony Terran

May 30, 1926 – March 20, 2017

Tony Terran passed away peacefully in the morning of March 20, 2017 at age 90. His family will carry on his legacy, and we will continue to keep this website active. This video was played at Tony’s memorial in Burbank, CA.

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Regarded as one of the most versatile trumpet players in the music business, Terran influenced the Los Angeles music scene for more than 5 decades as a specialist of many musical styles. Tony was the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz Orchestra from the I Love Lucy television show. He had the distinction of playing on the first filmed television sitcom (I Love Lucy).

Tony Terran

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Selected tracks from Tony Terran’s solo Album released in 1966 on Imperial Records.

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Tony Terran

Regarded as one of the most versatile trumpet players in the music business, Terran influenced the Los Angeles music scene for more than 5 decades as a specialist of many musical styles. Tony was the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz Orchestra from the I Love Lucy television show. He had the distinction of playing on the first filmed television sitcom (I Love Lucy), and playing with some of the first R&B combo bands to use horns in the early 1950s.

Terran was in high school when he started working on live radio shows in Buffalo, NY. 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 Arnaz helped shape Cuban/Latin music in the United States.

Tony Terran was part of The Wrecking Crew, which was a group of session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who earned wide acclaim in the 1960s.[1] The Wrecking Crew was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum on November 26, 2007. He performed and recorded with many artists including:

Ella FitzgeraldBenny GoodmanTony BennettEartha KittPeggy Lee, Madonna (I’m Breathless), Dean MartinElvis Presley, Frank SinatraSammy Davis Jr.Lou RawlsBarbra Streisand and many more.