Regi Oliver began playing the saxophone at age 12, however he started his musical pursuits much earlier.  By age 10, the Louisiana native had decided he would become a musician.  By the time Regi graduated from high school, he was playing all of the band instruments;  woodwinds, brasswinds, mallet and tuned percussion.  These skills made Regi a 'blue chip' recruit and earned him a full music scholarship to Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, LA,  where his growing mastery in improvisation and jazz composition were prominently featured.  To further his quest for knowledge, Regi cross-registered and began directed studies with jazz clarinetist & composer, Alvin Batiste, at Southern University, across town.  He also studied privately with saxophone & bass clarinetist, Tony Digradi in New Orleans during this period.   Shortly thereafter, Regi heard saxophonist and 'Jazz Messenger', Billy Pierce.  In 1984, Regi was awarded a full scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He graduated in 1987 with a major in Professional Music.  While attending Berklee, Regi studied classically with Joe Viola and studied jazz with Billy Pierce.  He also toured, as a Berklee College representative, in student/faculty ensembles with faculty jazz trombonist, composer & arranger, Phil Wilson.  After Boston, Mr. Oliver relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and, in 1988, joined the summer jazz faculty at Stanford University's Jazz Workshop. For the next decade, Regi focused on Arts Education, Arts facilitation, administration and his bands: Remote Control and Modern Art.  During this time he was a touring musician, award-winning teacher, artist-in-residence, professional grant writer, published co-author, executive director, artistic director, film-scorer, musical director, woodwinds clinician and Kalimba Records Recording Artist.  Regi eventually met his wife in 1998, while on a national tour and re-settled in Miami.  Over the next decade, Regi began touring internationally in 38 countries throughout the world.  Having played, recorded and toured with a long list of artists including, The Pointer Sisters, Xpression, Lucky Peterson, Chubby Carrier, E.C. Scott, Sam Rivers, Joey Gilmore, The Robert Harris Group, Tony Cook & Trunk-O-Funk w/M.C. Danny Ray,Mutiny on the Mothership, The Psychodelic Ghetto Pimps and others. Currently residing in Central Florida, Regi continues touring and performing on all saxophones, flute, clarinet, sop. & tenor ukuleles, 6 & 8-string lap steel guitars, pedal steel guitar D-10, keyboards, MIDI wind-controller, EWI and tuba; recording and honing his many and diverse talents as a musician, bandleader and producer. 

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