Juan De La Cruz

Dominican Top Musician, great Percussionist. His first music studies were conducted at the "Academy of Music of Villa Francisca" in the Dominican Capital, learning the art of Solfear under the tutelage of Professor Israel Simó. He is simply known as "Chocolate", our extraordinary musician, who is considered responsible for having professionalized the tambora as an instrument that had to be paid as a first trumpet, a first stop, etc., setting a precedent. From the 1980s until 2005 he was responsible for all the merengue recordings. He is the key man in the studies of Manuel Tejada, Juan Luis Guerra, Audio Proceso, etc. He plays the Tambora with the same delicacy of a violinist, pianist, flutist, achieving a clear sound and masterful precision, imbuing that instrument to accredit him an identification when he records. In the early Nineties, he performer "Carlos David & Orquesta" as "Johnny Chocolate" with others nineteen Top Latin Musical Members.