He born 4 de diciembre de 1974, in La Havana Cuba, José "Pepe" Espinosa is one of the most sought after percussionists in Cuba. One need only mention that Juan Ceruto, the ultimate perfectionist, chose him to play on "A Puerto Padre", his tribute to Emiliano Salvador. That project was extremely important to Ceruto and he handpicked his players with the greatest care. Espinosa also played on the Issac/Ceruto/Betancourt Grammy-nominated masterpiece, "La Formula" and shared the percussion duties on Klimax's latest disc with Yonder Peña. Currently he holds the prestigious timbale chair in Cubanismo, Jesus Alemañy unusual and extremely successful band of all-stars which plays traditional Cuban music as it's never been played -- primarily because the group is packed with top Timba musicians, lured away by Cubanismo seemingly never-ending world tour and lucrative recording contract. But to really hear Pepe Espinosa swing, check out his playing on two of the hardest driving timba classics every recorded: Danny Lozada and Juan Carlos Gonzalez "Tanto le Pedi" and Bamboleo "Yo no me parezco a nadie". Pepe has been living in Spain since 2004 where he has played with various stars from the world of international salsa such as Cano Estremera ( El Albino ), Eddie Santiago, Grupo Niche, Adalberto Santiago, Isamael Miranda, Luisito Carrion, Paquito Guzman and Grupo " Guayacan ", among others. Pepe Espinosa recently completed a tour of Europe with Latin Groove Orquesta, which includes Felipe Cabrera (Bass) German Velazco (Tenor Sax & Flute) Alexander Abreu (Trumpet) Calixto Oviedo (Drums) Hernan Lugano (Piano).
On Tours:1999- Grupo "Bamboleo" festival in Europe and United States of America"Cubanisimo" Berlin. "Midsummer Jazz Festival" at Lincoln Center in New York.
2001-"Frank Emilio Flynn y Los Amigos" "Jazz Festival in Charlestone" ( Sud Caroline ) USA.
2003- "Grupo Klimax" (Giraldo Piloto) "Pop Corn" Munich. 2004- "Afro Cuban All Stars†festivals around all United States Of America.
2004 "Cubanismo" (Jesus Alemani) United States of America and many countries of all Europe.-Asia Tour with Cubanismo: Japan, Singapoure, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia.
Pepe Espinosa Is exclusive artist of Tycoon Percussion Instruments.
-2007 Pepe Espinosa has his own band called Timbakó
Timabakó Play diverse Styles of the Latin music Like Salsa,Son,Timba,Latin Jazz and Many others.
