Tony Terran Remembers CD (I LOVE LUCY)

Tony Terran, the last surviving member of the Desi Arnez orchestra, from the "I Love Lucy" show band.

A Parkinson’s disease victim for almost twenty years, Terran continues to be an active trumpet player in the Los Angeles area. Terran recorded and released his latest music CD "Tony Terran Remembers." The CD produced by Brent Mosley, Tim Padilla, and David Longoria for New Found Records is composed of nine songs from the much-loved television show including: The I Love Lucy Theme, Babalu, Cuban Pete, El Cumbanchero, The Lady in Red, Quisas, Tico Tico, Brazilian Coffee and an extended version of the I Love Lucy Theme.

In addition to the music, the CD includes a bonus track with Tony telling behind the scene stories and talking about his experiences while working with Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.

Tony Terran was born May 30, 1926, in Buffalo, New York and is an American trumpet player and session musician.

Regarded as one of the most versatile trumpet players in the music business, Terran 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 artists such as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Linda Ronstadt, Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, Madonna, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, Bob Hope, Barbra Streisand, Chicago, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, 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 Simpsons, Star Trek, Rocky I, II and III, Karate Kid I, II and III, The Natural, All The President's Men, Broadcast News, Field of Dreams, Grease, An Officer and a Gentleman, Ghostbusters, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deep.

He was also a featured soloist for composers and conductors including Nelson Riddle, John Williams, Patrick Williams, David Shire, Lalo Schifrin, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, James Horner, Johnny Mandel, Charles Fox 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 Arnaz helped shape Cuban/Latin music in the United States. Terran is the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz band on the I Love Lucy show. He had the distinction of playing on the first filmed television sitcom, and playing with some of the first R&B combo bands to use horns in the early 1950s.



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