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They Shot the Piano Player: A Graphic Novel
A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the young Brazilian piano virtuoso (and pioneer of samba-jazz), Tenório Jr.
They Shot the Piano Player is a graphic novel to rival Maus or Persepolis. Its story is a reminder of recent history which, though only half a century old, seems very yesteryear.
Well, simply put, it’s glorious… It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Bossa Nova fan per se; all you need to know is that Trueba and Mariscal have knocked it out of the park all over again.
They Shot the Piano Player is "spectacularly drawn, particularly the night-scapes, and related with candour — it is a page-turner as the narrator closes in on the truth about the fatal night."
It’s a loving biography, a mystery and a memorial.
An investigation and celebration of the origins of the world-renowned Latino musical samba-jazz movement Bossa Nova, They Shot The Piano Player captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning-point in Latin American history in the ’60s and ’70s, before the continent was riven by totalitarian regimes.
Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior, born in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the most recognized musicians of the samba-jazz movement. At 3 a.m. on 18 March 1976, after giving a concert at the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, the 34-year-old pianist went out to get some cigarettes. He was never seen again.
What happened that night? This is the question that moves the narrator of this documentary graphic novel to initiate an investigation into the fateful events that led to the death of a musician destined to change the course of Brazilian music forever.
Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior, born in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the most recognized musicians of the samba-jazz movement. At 3 a.m. on 18 March 1976, after giving a concert at the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, the 34-year-old pianist went out to get some cigarettes. He was never seen again.
What happened that night? This is the question that moves the narrator of this documentary graphic novel to initiate an investigation into the fateful events that led to the death of a musician destined to change the course of Brazilian music forever.
- | Author: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- | Publisher: SelfMadeHero
- | Publication Date: Oct 03, 2024
- | Number of Pages:
- | Language:
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781914224249
- | ISBN-10: 1914224248
- Author:
- Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
- Publisher:
- SelfMadeHero
- Publication Date:
- Oct 03, 2024
- Binding:
- Hardback
- ISBN-13:
- 9781914224249
- ISBN10:
- 1914224248