Papo Lucca

Papo Lucca
Background information
Birth nameEnrique Arsenio Lucca Quiñones
Born (1946-04-10) April 10, 1946 (age 78)
Ponce, Puerto Rico
GenresSalsa and Latin Jazz
OccupationMusician
Instrumentmulti-instrumentalist
Years active1954-present
LabelsFania, Inca Records

Enrique Arsenio Lucca Quiñones (born April 10, 1946) better known as Papo Lucca, is a Puerto Rican multi-instrumentalist best known for his pianist skills. His main musical genres are Salsa and Latin Jazz. He ranks with the late Charlie Palmieri, as one of the best piano instrumentalists in Latin Jazz and Salsa.[1] He is the co-founder with his father Don Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo of the Puerto Rican band La Sonora Ponceña. He has also played and recorded with the Fania All-Stars, Hector Lavoe, Willie Colón, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Bobby Valentín, Ismael Quintana, Gloria Estefan, Adalberto Santiago, Andy Montañez, Pablo Milanés, and Rubén Blades. He is also a well-known music arranger.

Papo Lucca's La Sonora Ponceña (2007)
  1. ^ Stavans, Ilan (2014). Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 439. ISBN 9780313343964.