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!