Early Years
Campos (birth name: Juan Nepomuceno Morel Campos) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Manuel Morel Araujo and Juana de Dios Campos Collazo. He began to study music at the young age of eight in his hometown under the guidance of Antonio Egipciaco. Morel Campos learned to play practically every brass instrument and eventually became one of the founders and directors of the "Ponce Firemen's Band" (La Banda de Bomberos del Parque de Bombas de Ponce). The legendary Band was later renamed the Ponce Municipal Band.
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