Anatole Gerasimov's lyrics & chords

Anatole Gerasimov (Russian: Анатолий Герасимов, b. 1945) is a soprano & tenor saxophonist, flautist, shakuhachi player, composer, and arranger. Born on the 8th October 1945 in Moscow, USSR, Gerasimov taught himself to play saxophones and flutes while in his teens. He played in Russia’s best jazz bands from the mid-1960s. In the early 1970s, the world's best jazz bands started to visit the USSR: the Duke Ellington Orchestra, then the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Toots Thielemans, and others. Gerasimov played with all of th...read more