Vladimir Tarasov

Vladimir Tarasov (born 1947) is a drummer, percussionist and composer. He was born in Arkhangelsk, Russia, and has lived in Lithuania since 1968. He is best known as the drummer of the Ganelin Trio with pianist Vyacheslav Ganelin and saxophonist Vladimir Chekasin, a group that combined free jazz with folk and classical elements and is regarded as the founder of the Lithuanian jazz school. Tarasov played in the trio from 1971 until the late 1980s, a period that produced records such as Live in East Germany and Ancora da Capo on Leo Records and Non Troppo on Enja.