Francisco Tenório Júnior
| Francisco Tenório Júnior | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior |
| Also known as | Tenório Jr. Tenorinho |
| Born |
July 4, 1941 Río de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | March 1976 (age 34) Buenos Aires. Argentina |
| Genres | Bossa Nova, Jazz, Samba, MPB |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1960–1976 |
| Associated acts |
Vinícius de Moraes Toquinho |
Francisco Tenório Júnior (born July 4, 1941 in Río de Janeiro - disappeared and presumed dead 1976) was a Brazilian musician and composer. Despite recording only one album as a solo artist, he was considered one of the best pianists of his generation, and his fame as a virtuoso creator has increased over the years.
He went missing in mysterious circumstances in Argentina during the first year of that country's last civil-military dictatorship: in March 1976, while on tour at Buenos Aires with Toquinho and Vinícius de Moraes, Tenório Júnior mentioned he was going out to buy cigarettes, and he was never seen again; it was quickly surmised that he might have been rounded up by the dictatorship's security forces, mistaken for an Argentine "guerrilla" and kidnapped, to be subsequently thrown in jail, tortured and murdered.
In 1979, singer Elis Regina mentioned in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo that he had been seen in jail in La Plata City; subsequent investigations by several journalists and Argentina's CONADEP confirmed his tragic fate, and he is now widely considered to be a desaparecido (missing person), therefore a victim of Argentina's State-sponsored terrorism during the 70s.
Born and raised in the neighborhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, it was considered one of the most important musicians of bossa nova. He used to be presented in the Lane in Rio de Janeiro. Simultaneously with his development as a musician Tenório Jr. was studying medicine at the National School of Medicine, and quickly became in the 1970s one of the Brazilian professionals most sought after by artists. He used to perform at Beco das Garrafas (Alley of the Bottles), a place in Copacabana famous for being one of the redoubts in which bossa nova emerged.
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