[1][2] Alexander Gordin was born in Shanghai, to a Russian father and a Polish mother.
Gordin played live there for the first time with artists such as Hermeto Pascoal and Heraldo do Monte.
Gordin then began to play with artists from Tropicália, recording the albums Gal Costa (1969), Gal (1969), LeGal (1970) and Fatal - A Todo Vapor (1971), with Gal Costa; Caetano Veloso (also known as Album Branco), by Caetano Veloso (1969); Gilberto Gil (1969) and Expresso 2222 (1972), by Gilberto Gil.
[3] From the end of the 1970s until the 1990s, Gordin lived practically ostracized, mainly due to his mental health (Lanny had developed schizophrenia at a young age) and drug abuse.
[4] He had a comeback in 2001, recording his first solo album, "Lanny Gordin", by the label Baratos Afins.