About

One of the best Brazilians composers and performers of instrumental music. The pianist Tenório Jr. was an important artist of the genre known as samba-jazz or MPM (modern popular music), developed in Brazilian biggest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Tenorio Jr.’s aka Francisco Tenório classic Embalo has long been on Mr Bongo’s list to reissue and to be able to present it at last with replica original artwork for a USA reissue. He only recorded this one album, originally released on RGE label in 1964. This one and only LP has been regularly played by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Floating Points etc. There’s also a full-length animated feature film, distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics, devoted to the 1976 disappearance and possibly death about him – who made just one album during his lifetime.

Tenorio Jr. was among the musicians involved in 'opening up' bossa nova by incorporating modal harmony and elements of hard bop, samba, and rock music. He was in high demand in 1964: In addition to the Machado album and his own Embalo (with some of the same musicians), Tenorio Jr. worked alongside Deodato and guitarist Roberto Menescal on Vagamente, the cult classic by vocalist Wanda Sa, as well as the O LP by Os Cobras, which features drummer Milton Banana (who was part of Tenorio Jr.’s trio).— (via Mr Bongo)

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Label: Mr Bongo
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2017 / Original Release: 1964
Genre: Jazz, Latin
Style: Bossa Nova
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File under: Latin