Tony Terran (1926-2017)

`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.  He was also mentored many artists over his career.

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.

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,[4] Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Tony Bennett, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna (I’m Breathless), Dean Martin, 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 and Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Terran played on many recordings of television shows and film soundtracks such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy, The Brady Bunch, I Dream of Jeannie, Columbo, Get Smart, Happy Days, Popeye, The Carol Burnett Show, Star Trek, The Love Boat, Mission Impossible, Cheers, L.A. Law, The Simpsons, M*A*S*H, The Odd Couple, Mork and Mindy, Rocky I, II and III, The Karate Kid I, II and III, The Natural, All the President’s Men, Broadcast News, Field of Dreams, Blazing Saddles, Grease, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Exorcist, Ghostbusters, Dirty Dancing, Three Amigos, Forrest Gump, Taps, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deep.

He was also a featured soloist for composers and conductors including Benny Goodman, Nelson Riddle, John Williams, Patrick Williams, David Shire, Lalo Schifrin, Bill Conti, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, James Horner, Charles Fox, Burt Bacharach and John Barry. Terran received the Most Valuable Player award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in 1974.[citation needed]

Family

Terran had one marriage from 1963–1976 to singer and dancer Avalon Adele Kirkham. They had four children, David, Mark, Jennifer and Eve. Karen Earle Lile is Tony Terran’s Niece and April Boetcher is Tony Terran’s step-daughter.

Mentor

Terran was known for mentoring new trumpet players and providing opportunities for watching his recording sessions and learning the business. Chris Tedesco, cousin to Tommy Tedesco, was one of the trumpet players who owe their beginning as a Hollywood session artist to Terran’s mentorship. Kendall Ross Bean and Terran’s niece Karen Earle Lile were given an introduction to the recording sessions of John Williams by Terran early in their careers.

Selected discography

As featured artist
The Song’s Been Sung (Imperial, 1966)
As sideman
with Chet Baker

Blood, Chet and Tears (Verve, 1970)
with the Henri René Orchestra

RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (RCA, 1953)
That Bad Eartha (EP) (RCA, 1954)
Down To Eartha (RCA, 1955)
That Bad Eartha (LP) (RCA, 1956)
Thursday’s Child (RCA, 1957)
with Lalo Schifrin

Music from Mission: Impossible (Dot, 1967)
There’s a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin’ On (Dot, 1968)
Bullitt (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1968)
Enter the Dragon (soundtrack) (Warner Bros., 1973)

Selected Filmography

As musician, trumpet player for all films listed below[11] in descending chronological order…

CHiPs (film) (2017)
The Boss Baby (2017)
Bates Motel (TV series) (2013-2017)
A Danger to Himself and Others (2016)
A Death in the Family (2015)
Gone But Not Forgotten (2014)
First You Dream, Then You Die (2013)
The Big Bang Theory: 200 Big Ones (Short documentary) (2016)
Annabelle (2014)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) (15 episodes) (2000-2014)
The CSI Effect (2014) (15 episodes)
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) (5 episodes) (2001-2005)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Big Trouble (2002)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
Analyze This (1999)
Blast from the Past (1999)
The Simpsons (TV Series 10 episodes) (1989-1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Breaking Up (1997)
Contact (1997)
Casper (1995)
Columbo (TV Series 15 episodes) (1971-1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Coneheads (1993)
Cheers (TV Series 11 episodes) (1982-1992)
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Dick Tracy (1990)
I Love Lucy: The Very First Show (TV Short) (1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Mission: Impossible (TV Series 2 episodes) (1988-1989)
ALF (TV Series 5 episodes) (1986-1989)
Chances Are (1989)
Beaches (1988)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Big (1988)
batteries not included (1987)
Broadcast News (1987)
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series 8 episodes) (1981-1987)
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (TV Movie) (1987)
The Boss’ Wife (1986)
Club Paradise (1986)
The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
Back to School (1986)
Child’s Cry (TV Movie) (1986)
Benson (TV Series 7 episodes) (1979-1985)
After Hours (1985)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Alice (TV Series – 9 episodes) (1976-1984)
Cannonball Run II (1984)
A Breed Apart (1984)
The Karate Kid (1984)
Automan (TV Series – 1 episode) (1983)
Tiger Town (TV Movie) (1983)
Class (1983)
CHiPs (TV Series 6 episodes) (1977-1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Taps (1981)
Paternity (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
The Black Hole (1979)
Chapter Two (1979)
Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales (TV Movie) (1979)
The Great Santini (1979)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Barnaby Jones (TV Series 8 episodes) (1973-1979)
…and Your Name Is Jonah (TV Movie) (1979)
California Suite (1978)
Black Beauty (TV Movie) (1978)
The Big Fix (1978)
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series – 273 episodes) (1967 – 1978) selections below

• • • Tony Randall and Dick Van Dyke (1976)
    • The Family/Joanne Woodward (1976) —Emmett Kelly and The Jackson 5 (1976)
    • Eydie Gorme (1975)
    • The Pointer Sisters (1975)
    • Helen Reddy (1975)
    • Roddy McDowall (1975)
    • The Pointer Sisters (1975)
    • Dame Maggie Smith (1975)
    • Bernadette Peters (1975)
    • Shirley MacLaine (1975)
    • Buddy Ebsen and Wayne Rogers (1975)
    • Stella Toddler/Nora Desmond (1975)
    • William Conrad and The Jackson 5 (1975)
    • Ken Berry and Carl Reiner (1974)
    • Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence, and Steven Warner (1974)
    • Tim Conway and Dame Maggie Smith (1974)
    • Telly Savalas and The Smothers Brothers (1974)
    • Michele Lee and Jack Weston (1974)
    • Carol and Sis/Nora Desmond Roast (1974)
    • Jim Nabors (1974)
    • Bernadette Peters, Tim Conway (1974)
    • Vincent Price, Joel Grey (1974)
    • Ruth Buzzi/Richard Crenna (1973)
    • Eydie Gorme and Paul Sand (1973)
    • John Byner and Helen Reddy (1973)
    • Gloria Swanson (1973)
    • William Conrad and Peggy Lee (1973)
    • David Hartman, Paula Kelly (1973)
    • Ken Berry and Eydie Gorme (1973)
    • Ray Charles and Vincent Price (1972)
    • Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin (1972)
    • Peggy Lee, Anne Meara, and Jerry Stiller (1972)
    • Pearl Bailey and Tim Conway (1972)
    • Jack Gilford and Eydie Gorme (1972)
    • Andy Griffith and Helen Reddy (1972)
    • Carol Channing and Marty Feldman (1972)
    • Jack Klugman, Tony Randall (1972)
    • Nanette Fabray/Burt Reynolds (1972)
    • Bernadette Peters/Cass Elliot (1971)
    • Bing Crosby/Paul Lynde (1971)
    • Peggy Lee and Dom DeLuise (1971)
    • Eileen Farrell, David Frost, & Marilyn Horne (1971)
    • Mike Douglas and Bernadette Peters (1971)
    • Tim Conway, Pat Carroll, Karen Wyman (1971)
    • Rita Hayworth, Jim Bailey, Glen Campbell (1971)
    • Martha Raye, Violette Verdy, & Edward Villella (1971)
    • Michele Lee and Mel Torme (1971)
    • Jerry Lewis and Leslie Uggams (1971)
    • Art Carney, Pat Carroll (1971)
    • Robert Goulet, Rich Little, Pat Carroll (1970)
    • Julie Budd, Durward Kirby, and Steve Lawrence (1970)
    • Don Rickles and Mel Torme (1970)
    • John Davidson and Debbie Reynolds (1970)
    • Dyan Cannon and Paul Lynde (1970)
    • Ross Martin and Martha Raye (1970)
    • Juliette Prowse (1970)
    • Mama Cass Elliot, Emmett Kelley, & Ricardo Montalban (1970)
    • Donald O’Connor and Bernadette Peters (1970)
    • Lucille Ball and Mel Torme (1970)
    • Ken Berry and Nanette Fabray (1970)
    • Eydie Gormé, Joan Rivers (1970)
    • Tim Conway, Steve Lawrence, and Kay Medford (1970)
    • Ronald Reagan, Soupy Sales, and Mel Torme (1970)
    • Vikki Carr and Flip Wilson (1970)
    • Lucille Ball and George Carlin (1969)
    • Merv Griffin and Andy Griffith (1969)
    • Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Rowan & Martin (1969)
    • Pat Boone, Gwen Verdon (1969)
    • Ken Berry, Tim Conway, and Kay Medford (1969)
    • Bobbie Gentry and Scoey Mitchell (1969)
    • Steve Lawrence and Edward Villella (1969)
    • Rock Hudson and Jim Nabors (1969)
    • Edie Adams, Tim Conway, and Jimmie Rodgers (1969)
    • Sergio Bustamante and Yolanda Merida (1969)
    • Imogene Coca and Robert Goulet (1969)
    • Perry Como, Tim Conway, and Sidney Omar (1969)
    • Mickey Rooney and Nancy Wilson (1968)
    • Eileen Farrell, Bob Hope, and Marilyn Horne (1968)
    • Imogene Coca and Vic Damone (1968)
    • Michele Lee and Flip Wilson (1968)
    • Sid Caesar and Ella Fitzgerald (1968)
    • Eddie Albert, Lucille Ball, and Nancy Wilson (1968)
    • Barbara Bain, Carol Channing, and Martin Landau (1968)
    • Peter Lawford and Minnie Pearl (1968)
    • Imogene Coca and Mel Torme (1968)
    • Nanette Fabray & Art Carney (1968)
    • Betty Grable/Martha Raye (1968)
    • Dionne Warwick and Jonathan Winters (1968)
    • Jack Cassidy, George Chakiris, and Shirley Jones (1968)
    • Ken Berry and Trini Lopez (1968)
    • Frank Gorshin and Lana Turner (1968)
    • Mike Douglas and Lynn Redgrave (1968)
    • Sid Caesar and Ella Fitzgerald (1967)
    • John Davidson and Mickey Rooney (1967)
    • Barbara Eden, Leonard Nimoy, & Jonathan Winters (1967)
    • Don Adams and Lesley Ann Warren (1967)
    • Juliet Prowse and Martha Raye (1967)
    • Richard Chamberlain and Gloria Loring (1967)
    • Nanette Fabray and Sonny & Cher (1967)
    • Diahann Carroll, Richard Kiley, and the Smothers Brothers (1967)
    • Phyllis Diller, Bobbie Gentry, and Gwen Verdon (1967)
    • Lucille Ball, Tim Conway, and Gloria Loring (1967)
    • Eddie Albert and Jonathan Winters (1967)
    • Sid Caesar and Liza Minelli (1967)
    • Casey’s Shadow (1978)
    • The Betsy (1978)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series 6 episodes) (1972-1977)
The Bionic Woman (TV Series – 3 episodes) (1976-1977)
The Car (1977)
Bound for Glory (1976)
The Big Bus (1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
All the President’s Men (1976)
Bite the Bullet (1975)
Adam-12 (TV Series 26 episodes) (1968-1975)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Act of Vengeance (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)
Banacek (TV Series – 2 episodes) (1972-1973)
Charley Varrick (1973)
The Brady Bunch (TV Series 6 episodes) (1969-1973)
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Mission: Impossible (TV Series 33 episodes, 1966 – 1972)
The Candidate (1972)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
Believe in Me (1972)
Bewitched (TV Series 8 episodes) 1964-1971
Bloody Mama (1970)
Change of Habit (1969)
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
The Ambushers (1967)
The Big Mouth (1967)
The Born Losers (1967)
Chuka (1967)
The Busy Body (1967)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (TV Series 13 episodes) (1957-1960)
I Love Lucy (TV Series 178 episodes) (1951-1957)

The Piano Connection

In descending chronological order