He studied in the Conservatorio Municipal de La Habana, at the time the most prestigious musical school in the country.

[3] In 1969, he became part of the Grupo de Experimentación Sonora, a seminal group of young musicians, many of whom became founding members of the nueva trova, which started as a movement with a concert given by Pablo, Silvio Rodriguez, and Noel Nicola on 18 February 1968.

[2] The heyday of his creativity occurred probably in the early 1980s, with his records "Yo me quedo", "El guerrero", and "Comienzo y final de una verde mañana".

[citation needed] He set the poems of Cuban writers such as José Martí and Nicolás Guillén to music.

Some of his most important musical influences were María Teresa Vera, Lorenzo Hierrezuelo, Barbarito Diez, Benny Moré, Lucho Gatica, and Johann Sebastian Bach.