Born in 1946, drummer Vladimir Tarasov long ago assured his place in the history of jazz and improvised music through his membership—from 1971 to 1986—of the Ganelin Trio, one of the first groups from the USSR to become renowned and achieve critical acclaim outside of their homeland. Since 1968, Tarasov has been a resident of Vilnius, Lithuania, also the home of No Business Records. He is something of a polymath, having performed with symphony orchestras, written music for film and theatre as well as directing plays.