Jazz sax player/composer Ronell Regis grew up in Brooklyn, where his parents settled after leaving their native Grenada. Regis himself absorbed the music of their culture as well as the music that surrounded him. Later he moved to Atlanta where he began playing jazz and singing gospel music and spirituals in church. Finally, he came north to Kent State University where he earned his degree in jazz performance in 2022. Still living in northeast Ohio, he’s brought that rich musical with him, which also includes reggae, dancehall, hip hop, afrobeat and R&B.

“Regardless of being one of the smallest countries in the world, its identity is valuable and rich enough to impact any human,” says Regis. “There is no experience that I can tell better than that of my own family, Regis and Fortune.”