Career
He is a music director, guitarist, producer and composer, currently living in Los Angeles, California. Terry Wollman moved to Los Angeles in 1981 after graduating from Berklee College of Music with a degree in Arranging. He quickly built a solid reputation as an in-demand music director, guitarist, producer and composer.
Terry has performed with an array of artists including Billy Preston, The 5th Dimension, Wilson Phillips, First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jarreau, Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Keb" Mo", Little Richard, Gerald Albright and Eartha Kitt.
Terry’s television credits include stints on “Scrubs," “The Tonight Show," “The Late Show," and “The Byron Allen Show." Terry"s 1988 debut recording, “Bimini," a contemporary jazz collection with Joe Sample on piano, Ernie Watts on sax, received worldwide critical acclaim. His second album, “Say Yes," was released in 1998 and featured a well-known array of guest artists such as Joe Sample, Abraham Laboriel, John Robinson, Luis Conte and Michael McDonald.
Moving into the popular world, Terry co-wrote and produced a high-energy dance record for the supergroup Baila, entitled “Shall We Dance?”. Soon after, Terry produced and co-wrote the uniquely themed “Sleep Suite," a musical collaboration between the arts and sciences.
In his usual style, he once again brings together an all-star band.
His single, "Mandela" (co-written with Keb’ Mo’), spent 5 months on Billboard’s Top 20 and hit Number. 1 on Smooth Jazz Top 20 and Number. 4 on the Billboard charts.
Special guests include Melissa Manchester, Melanie Taylor, Perla Batalla, Ellis Hall, Mindi Abair, Eric Marienthal, and John Robinson.
In 2013, he began working with Melissa Manchester on her first studio album in ten years as co-producer. The album "You Gotta Love the Life" was released January 10, 2015.