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Francisco Tenório Junior, also known as Tenorinho, was born and raised in the Laranjeiras neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro and became one of the most important musicians of the bossa nova genre. He performed at Beco das Garrafas in Rio and his piano can be heard on influential Brazilian music albums such as "É Samba Novo" by Edson Machado, "Arte Maior" by Leny Andrade, "Drawings" by Victor Assis Brasil, "O Lp" by Os Cobras, and "Vagamente" by Wanda Sa. At the age of 21, Tenório Junior recorded his only album, "Embalo", in 1964. He attended the National Faculty of Medicine while also pursuing a career as a pianist, becoming one of the most sought-after professionals in Brazil in the 1970s. In 1976, after a performance in Buenos Aires with Vinicius de Moraes and Toquinho, Tenório Junior disappeared without a trace. In 1986, former Navy caporal and member of the Argentine Naval Information Service, Cláudio Vallejos, revealed that Tenório Junior had been approached and arrested by a military patrol in Buenos Aires. According to Vallejos, Tenório was imprisoned and eventually killed at the ESMA, a clandestine detention center operated by the Argentine Navy during the country's dictatorship.
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