A San Francisco-based saxophone quartet formed in 1977. The name Rova is an acronym formed from the last initials of the founding members: Jon Raskin, Larry Ochs, Andrew Voigt and Bruce Ackley.

Rova has become an important leader in the movement of genre-bending music that has its roots in post-bop free jazz, avant-rock and 20th century new music as well as traditional and popular styles of Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. While much of Rova's music is composed by its members, the group has also collaborated with and commissioned new works. Since its founding, Rova has released over two dozen recordings of original music.

They have collaborated with many musicians and composers, including Terry Riley (Chanting the Light of Foresight), Fred Frith (Freedom in Fragments), Annie Gosfield, John Zorn and Alvin Curran.

Henry Kaiser and Ochs together formed Metalanguage Records in 1978 which showcased Rova as well as many independent artists such as Diamanda Galás as well as producing the Rova Arts Festival in 1980.