His second CD " Ponte En Vela ," is spectacular. His first CD "Al Natural" is a sensational release. There is a whole chapter on him in Vermon Bogg's book on Afro-Caribbean music.,"Salsiology." He is the first "port of call ," when you want the best congero for your session, single-handedly he can make any band swing. People in the know, speak about him in the same terms as the pioneers of Afro-Cuban percussion Candido, Mongo Santamaria, Armando Peraza, Patato Valdez, and Francisco Aguabella. One of his regular jobs was to provide the percussions for "Africando Rhythms" track sessions, and every Sunday he performs with Chico O'Farrell's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band at Birdland in New York. In fact, it would be easier to say who Papo Pepin has not pounded the skins with then to go through the 100-plus recordings he has actually done. Papo Pepin records and performs with some of the greatest musicians in the history of Mambo/Salsa music: Tito Puente, Mario Bausa, Machito,Celia Cruz, Ruben Blades, Roberto Roena, Louie Ramirez, Willie Rosario, Bobby Valentin, Kako, Charlie Parmieri, Sofie Hernandez, Danny Rivera,Victor Manuelle, Willie Colon,Mark Anthony, La India. He recorded his first record at the age of six with his fathers band " El Gran Combo Haciendo Algo -Darionex." Papo Pepin moved on to study music at the Conservatory of Music in Brooklyn, while traveling and touring with his fathers band. His Father "Tono Pepin," (who later became one of the first bongoceros of a young Tito Puente in the 1950's,) taught Papo Pepin to play congas at the tender age of three. He migrated to Brooklyn, N.Y with his family at the age of two. The Legendary, Master Percussionist Papo Pepin was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.
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