American saxophonist and founding member of the Rova saxophone quartet.

In 1986, Ochs formed the group Room with Chris Brown and William Winant, a trio of saxophone, piano, computer electronics and percussion. The group continued performing and recording until 1994, and was one of the first bands to combine acoustic instruments and computer electronics in formal compositions that involved improvisation.

In 1990, he and keyboardist Wayne Horvitz formed the International Creative Music Orchestra for the Pan American Games in Seattle with further performances at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

In 1991, he suggested a collaboration between Room and the Glenn Spearman Trio, a sextet that eventually became an ongoing band and recorded 4 albums as Glenn Spearman Double Trio. In 1993, he created a 9-piece group to perform a specially commissioned work for Antwerpen '93 Festival entitled the Secret Magritte.

Also in 1993, he organised a saxophone octet (including the Rova quartet) to perform 5 compositions of his music at festivals in Austria and Germany. In 1994, Ochs joined with Lisle Ellis and Donald Robinson to form the ongoing trio, What We Live, which has toured in the US and Europe and recorded six albums.

In 1998, he toured and recorded with guitarist Fred Frith and koto player Miya Masaoka in a trio called Maybe Monday, releasing an album on Buzz ( Netherlands) in 2000. A second album with guest Joan Jeanrenaud was released in 2002 on Winter & Winter (Germany).

In 2002, a special project of Ochs compositions for the trio of saxophone, cello and acoustic koto was recorded in studio with Joan Jeanrenaud and Miya Masaoka and released on the Intakt label in 2004.