Lucca, Papo

Lucca, Papo * April 10, 1946Lucca, PapoPapo Lucca Skilled in playing a dozen instruments from tres to flugelhorn, Enrique Arsenio Lucca Quiñones, better known as Papo Lucca, is widely considered one of the most capable pianists in the universe of Latin jazz and salsa, a peer of Charlie Palmieri. He was born in Ponce, a city on the southern coast of Puerto Rico now famed as a center of salsa, other native sons being Héctor Lavoe, Cheo Feliciano, and Ismael Quintana. His father, Enrique Lucca…