Background
José Peña Suazo was born in 1967 in the Dominican Republic.
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He formed a part of musical groups until the formation of his very own group,
He was a premature baby but was able to survive his early childhood. His birthplace in the province of Sánchez Ramírez in the Dominican Republic exposed him to the Latin genres of music He was instructed on the basics of music by the age of 17 when he formally took up the tuba under his teacher Juan Eutimo Jerez.
Pre–Banda Gorda
In 1987, Suazo moved out to the Dominican Republic"s capital of Santo Domingo in hopes of forming part of a group that would acquire him fame and fortune.
He was then integrated to music band of the Santo Domingo Fire Department. Unhappy, however, he then joined Cuco Valoy"s orchestra, where he was able to obtain the position of first trumpet.
He was also allowed to compose and arrange some of the group"s themes. Having succeeded he was then approached to be the musical director of another merengue group called Louisiana Artillería.
In 1991, he returned to playing the trumpet with Pochy y la Coco Band.
He composed and arranged themes of this group as well. In 1994, Suazo formed, with whom he has found much success internationally.
