Band Members
Rick Krive Multi-talented Rick Krive has worked as an arranger, writer, producer, keyboard player and vocalist on song demos, albums, radio and television commercials, TV underscores, and motion picture soundtracks. His music is on broadcasts such as Everybody Hates Chris, Friends, Frasier, Will & Grace, Providence, The West Wing, NBC Dateline, Law & Order, Two of a Kind, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight and The George Lopez Show. Krive contributed to the soundtracks of Moving McAllister in 2007 and The Ugly Truth in 2009. He has written extensively for the Telemundo Network, including the theme played at all Mexican soccer broadcasts. He has recorded as a vocalist and keyboard player with Gloria Estefan, Michael Bolton, Jon Secada, Frankie Valli and Engelbert Humperdinck. Rick Krive's jazz project, The Circle, represents some of South Florida's finest talent with Nick Orta on bass, Mike Harvey on drums and Ed Maina on sax. Rick is a member of “Arrival - Featuring Russ Miller” with Russ Miller and Jerry Watts and has toured internationally with the group and released 4 albums and a live in concert DVD.
Jerry Watts Since arriving in Los Angeles, bassist Jerry Watts Jr. has worked with the best of the best – a truly eclectic mix of artists at the highest levels of pop, rock, jazz, world beat, and groove musics of every description. Watts has appeared on hundreds of albums, with 3 GRAMMY® wins and 10 nominations (including 2 Latin GRAMMYs®), and has appeared on numerous film /TV soundtracks, and live DVDs. In addition, Watts has extensive international touring experience, performing in over 45 countries worldwide. A remarkable musical versatility and a commitment to original, creative, and improvised musics has been the through line of his career from the beginning.
Watts first made his mark alongside drumming legend David Garibaldi as a member of the popular group Wishful Thinking lead by Tim Weston, while at the same time appearing on Prog-Rock keyboard whiz Eddie Jobson’s first solo effort (The Green Album) – AND touring/recording with Indian violin virtuoso L. Subramaniam (whose iconic band included Larry Corryell, Stephane Grapelli and Tony Williams). Jerry is a member of “Arrival - Featuring Russ Miller” with Russ miller and Rick Krive and has toured internationally with the trio and released 4 albums and a live in concert DVD.
Russ Miller has been one of the most internationally recognizable names in drumming, for the past two decades. As a recording artist, he has played on over five-hundred albums, selling more than 30 million copies. Russ’ movie credits number over 150 and have earned more than a Billion dollars at the box office. His musical versatility has led him to work with an incredible list of legendary artists, from Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Tina Turner & Bobby Caldwell to Andrea Bocelli, Nelly Furtado, The Psychedelic Furs, Hilary Duff, Steve Perry and countless others. As a star of the Los Angeles studio scene, Russ has topped dozens of Readers Polls globally, for his contributions to studio drumming and popular music. Along with his many sideman recording and touring credits, he has been a staple on T.V. “house bands” such as “American Idol”. Russ is an “International Platinum“ endorsing artist for Mapex Drums, Zildjian, Remo, Vic Firth, DW racks and hardware, Zoom AV products, Porter & Davies Tactile monitoring, Hercules stands, May E/A Mics, Prologix, SKB cases, Arrel Audio Electronics, Puresound Snares, Cympad, Switchkick, Audio Technica and Meinl music instruments. He holds guest professorships at the Shanghai and Beijing Conservatories of Music. Russ has authored 5 Award-Winning books and has 6 Instructional videos published. Creating over 80 products for 11 different manufacturers of musical instruments, has his Signature instruments placed in the Percussive Arts Society International Museum. Russ has also led his own band touring globally and has 6 solo albums.
The Band:
The Arrival Featuring Russ Miller touring band, was formed in 2007. The first ensemble was derived from some of the line-up of the debut “Arrival” album sessions. This was a quartet that featured Russ Miller on Drums, David Garfield on Keys, John Pena on Bass and Eric Marienthal on Sax. The group played shows in the US and Europe through the release of the record and into 2009. In 2011, Russ wanted to experiment with a contemporary “Jazz Trio” style format. Most commonly comprised Acoustic Bass, Acoustic Piano and Drums, the new 2011 version would be elevated, with a contemporary edge. Electric keys and acoustic piano, electric bass and a hybrid drum kit of acoustic and electronic drums would round-out the instrumentation. Also, many of the pieces in the Arrival discography featured vocals and this needed to be a part of the live show. Russ called on Rick Krive, a life-long friend from South Florida. Russ elaborates, “Rick is one of the most talented guys I know. Great singer, pianist, arranger and composer with a deep harmonic understanding.” For the Bass chair, Jerry Watts Jr. was called into play. Russ adds, “Jerry and I have done everything together. From movie sessions, Pop Star shows, Jazz gigs, Fusion gigs and even Southern Indian Carnatic music, we’ve played in a lot of situations. He is a perfect call to play the variety of styles needed in Arrival”. This trio line-up has remained since 2011 till current day and played shows in the US and in Asia over the years. The trio is just finishing a new double-album project entitled “Soul, Mind and Body”, due out in 2021.
