Dispararon Al Pianista / They Shot the Piano Player [Spanish]

By Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal

Un emotivo homenaje a Ten rio Junior, un pianista cuya prometedora carrera se vio truncada por los injustos azares del destino en uno de los cap tulos m s oscuros de la historia latinoamericana.

Francisco Ten rio Cerqueira J nior naci en R o de Janeiro y fue uno de los pianistas m s reconocidos del movimiento samba-jazz. Sol a tocar en Copacabana, cuna de la mejor m sica brasilera, y form parte de Os Cobras, una banda instrumental de gran prestigio. A las tres de la ma ana del 18 de marzo de 1976, despu s de dar un concierto en el Gran Rex de Buenos Aires junto a Vinicius de Moraes y Toquinho, el pianista sali a por cigarrillos y medicamentos. Esa ser a la ltima vez que se le ver a con vida: Ten rio Junior nunca regres al hotel donde se alojaba. Ten a 34 a os. Qu ocurri esa noche? Es la pregunta que mueve al narrador de They Shot the Piano Player a iniciar una investigaci n sobre el fat dico acontecimiento que acab con la vida de un m sico destinado a cambiar para siempre el rumbo de la m sica brasilera.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A moving homage to Ten rio Junior, a pianist whose promising career was cut short by a cruel twist of fate in one of the darkest chapters in Latin American history.

Born in R o de Janeiro, Francisco Ten rio Cerqueira J nior was one of the best-known piano players on the samba-jazz scene. He was a fixture of Copacabana, the cradle of Brazilian music, and a member of Os Cobras, a highly respected instrumental group. At 3:00 a.m. on March 18, 1976, after performing alongside Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho at the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, he left the hotel where he was staying to buy cigarettes and medicine but never returned. He was just 34 years old. What happened that night? Tortured by this question, the narrator of They Shot the Piano Player launches an investigation into the fateful circumstances that ended the life of a musician destined to change the course of Brazilian music.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8419409154
• ISBN13: 9788419409157
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Salamandra Graphic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 5.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.0" x 14.0"