Lanny Gordin

Lanny Gordin contributed to shaping the audio of Tropicália along with his electric guitar, having been a disputed musician by the main artists from the movement yet others which were attracted by his music qualities. The initial Tropicália record which Gordin performed was the initial individual discharge by Gal Costa, Gal Costa (Philips, 1969), which impressed musical movie director, arranger, and conductor Rogério Duprat. It had been accompanied by albums from Caetano Veloso (1969), Gilberto Gil (1969, 1972), Gal Costa (1970, 1971), Rita Lee (1972), Erasmo Carlos (1971), Jards Macalé (1972), Elis Regina, yet others. In 1971, he supported Jair Rodrigues on the Western european tour and got his last essential register in “De Cara,” from Caetano’s Araçá Azul. Gordin spent time in Israel, coming to age group six in Brazil. He began at 13 being a self-taught guitarist, with 16 debuted at his father’s nightclub, the Stardust (downtown São Paulo), where he performed Heraldo perform Monte and Hermeto Pascoal. After a negative LSD trip that brought about a schizophrenic procedure in 1974, he discontinued music and spent enough time in asylums. In 1982, he attempted to produce a return, developing with Arnaldo Antunes as well as the visible musician Aguillar the ephemerous Banda Performática. In the ’90s, his name was taken to the picture once again by Chico César, who devoted the tune “Lenny Qual?” to him, that was documented on Vange Milliet’s debut record (1995). He also participated in Chico’s Aos Vivos (1995) and Cuzcuz Clã (1996). In 1999, he got component in Jards Macalé’s O Q Faço É Música.