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Juan Formell
real name Juan Climaco Formell Cortina
Cuba
Juan Formell is credited on 501 releases across 139 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1968–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
501
Credits
139
Albums
7
Decades active
8
In collections
Biography
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Cuban bassist, composer, arranger, founding member and leader of Cuban timba act Los Van Van, creator of a style of music called Songa (La Habana, 2 Aug. 1946 - 2 May 2, 2014), father of Juan-Carlos Formell and Samuel Formell.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
501 releases · 139 albums · active 1968–2026
- Performance · 1,096
- Other credits · 265
- Production · 87
- Mastering · 4
- Engineering · 4
Studios: Estudios EGREM · Feedback Recording · Olympic Studios · Roundhouse Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Los Van Van
- Orquesta Los Van Van
- Omara Portuondo
- Issac Delgado
- Rubén Blades
- Juan Formel
- Elena Burke
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