ROLANDO OCHOA AND HIS FORMULA "8a"

Place of Birth:

Nuevitas, Camaguey, Cuba

Instruments:

Vocalist, Brass, Woodwind and Wind Instruments. Bass, Drums and Latin and Ethnic Percussion. Recording Engineer

Musical studies:

Cubanacan Institute. Study music with: Dr. J. Villaplana, Jose Ferrer, and Charles Cohen. Musical studies at Miami Dade Community College and Miami Technical Institute. Study arranging and composition with Pablo Cano and Julio Gutierrez

Groups where he/she has performed:

Lead his own Bands: The Clan, Big Wells Express and the Cuban Connections. Was the Musical Director for: Club Alexander of Miami (2 years), The Holiday Beach Hotel in Curacao (2 years) and Fontaine Blue Hilton Hotel in Miami Beach at its Tropigala Night Club (more than 5 years)

Other interesting facts:

Producer for his own firms: MALF Productions, Mannie Records and Digital Logic Recording Studio. Performed and recorded with: Nelson Ned, Marco Antonio MuŅiz, Olga Guillot, Julio Iglesias, Jose Luis Rodriguez (El Puma),