Music like Metropolitan Jazz Affair

Stephane Ronget, known as RONGETZ, is a French music composer, producer and trumpeter, now living in New York City, United States. He graduated in trumpet and jazz history from The National Conservatory of Lyon in France, with a gold medal awarded by Didier Lockwood.

From the beginning of the 2000s, RONGETZ became involved in a variety of jazz crossover projects. His first successful band was Metropolitan Jazz Affair, which released two albums and several 12- and 7-inch vinyls. The band is featured in over 40 compilation albums.

In 2007, Rongetz started a new project called The Rongetz Foundation. The initial idea was to record live, original compositions, while bringing together musicians from disparate horizons and generations. With the help of the label Heavenly Sweetness (Franck Descollonges, Vincent Quittard, Antoine RAJON). The Rongetz Foundation released six albums. That project led Rongetz to record with members of bands such as The Jazz Messengers, Eddie Palmieri Orchestra, Charles Mingus Big Band, The RH Factor, Frank Zappa's group, Steve Turre, Gary Bartz, Gregory Porter, Dan Tepfer, Kevin Hays, Leo Genovese, Slavic Soul Party!