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“"Drummer and leader Russ Miller obviously set out to fashion a group that deserves attention from audiences who prefer a solid foundation of musical expression, he has succeeded! Add that to a contemporary and highly executed approach and this group makes a compelling statement...The Arrival Trio is here to stay!"” - Edward Blanco

— "All About Jazz"

Arrival Featuring Russ Miller

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.

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"Chegada3" is the band's third album. Russ explains the title, "Chegada is "Arrival" in Portuguese, this band has a heavy Brazilian influence to it. The "3" is for the Trio and the Trio's 3rd project together. Also, it is the 3rd complete solo album that I have done. So, Chegada to the third power, made sense!" The original members of the

"Chegada3" is the band's third album. Russ explains the title, "Chegada is "Arrival" in Portuguese, this band has a heavy Brazilian influence to it. The "3" is for the Trio and the Trio's 3rd project together. Also, it is the 3rd complete solo album that I have done. So, Chegada to the third power, made sense!" The original members of the "Arrival" touring trio, Rick Krive and Jerry Watts have returned, to solidify this contemporary ensemble. Russ adds, "Rick, Jerry and I are all of the same accord musically and personally. It is one of the easiest situations I have ever worked in. Everybody is great, the crew is great and the whole thing just flows and makes it a great show and a positive work environment." The Trio's "Chegada3" album is a mature collection of Brazilian influenced, Jazz and Pop vocal pieces. The undertone of world rhythms and their colors, run throughout the almost 50 minute, song set. Unique arrangements of the Beatles "Fool On The Hill", James Taylor's "Only A Dream In Rio" and Sting's "Field's of Gold", are sprinkled around displays of the ensembles virtuosic musical abilities. Guests on this album include, Eric Marienthal, George Shelby, John Daversa and percussion great, Luis Conte.

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Arrival Live by Arrival Featuring Russ Miller

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This 75-minute full length concert program features material from Russ Miller’s monumental solo project “Arrival”, captured for the first time in stunning “Hi-Definition” with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

Russ’ second solo album “Arrival” was a massive undertaking, with over 30 international music stars on the production. One of the biggest

This 75-minute full length concert program features material from Russ Miller’s monumental solo project “Arrival”, captured for the first time in stunning “Hi-Definition” with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround.

Russ’ second solo album “Arrival” was a massive undertaking, with over 30 international music stars on the production. One of the biggest challenges facing Russ and the band, was how to execute the huge production pieces on the "Arrival" record, live on stage. For this new trio format, one of the “Arrival” rhythm sections, Rick Krive and Jerry Watts were chosen. Russ details this, "Jerry and I work together quite a bit and I have known Rick for twenty years! Also, Rick brings a very strong vocal element to the show”. The trio went to RMI studios and literally played through every piece in Russ' catalog over a few days. They decided which pieces could even work in a trio format, then they went to the Yamaha Artist facility in North Hollywood. Arrangements, some preproduction staging, lighting and video were rehearsed. Russ ads, "We came up with a solid direction and set list for the show." As a bonus, Russ and the band has agreed to release some of the rehearsal audio and even video clips of these closed rehearsals exclusively to RussMiller.com! The band went back and rehearsed the show at RMI. After those rehearsals, the full tour production rig was set-up on a soundstage in North Hollywood, CA. To an ecstatic audience, the trio played the full 75-minute headlining show, while filming in Full 1080 Hi-Definition video! Russ continues, "We came up with an extremely cool show concept, of syncing original session footage of guest artists to us live on stage. So, the choir in Rhythm World, Steve Gadd, George Shelby, and even Steve Smith and Pete Lockett's incredible performances are all a part of the show via HD video on an 84" Hi-Definition screen!" The very special night is now released as a double disc DVD and live CD.

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International drum star Russ Miller's solo album, “Arrival” was released on R.M.I. Records to rave reviews from press and fans alike. “This record is a huge project. I have worked on the concept and material for three years. I wanted to do an exploration of rhythmic vocabulary. My own, and other great drummers and percussionists as well. We put a

International drum star Russ Miller's solo album, “Arrival” was released on R.M.I. Records to rave reviews from press and fans alike. “This record is a huge project. I have worked on the concept and material for three years. I wanted to do an exploration of rhythmic vocabulary. My own, and other great drummers and percussionists as well. We put a new band together and along with some guest artists, recorded ten compositions for the ensemble.”

The line-up of musicians features: Meredith Brooks , David Garfield, John Pena, Neil Stubenhaus, Frank Gambale, Ross Bolton, Jerry Watts, Rick Krive, Eric Marienthal, Jon Papenbrook, George Shelby, Rique Pantoja, Nick Lane, Pete Lockett, Luis Conte and Richie Garcia. There are a few special guest vocalists as well. Nelly Furtado, Mabvuto Carpenter, Jarvis Church and R&B Star Lina, have lent their talents to the project. Russ elaborates, “The Rhythmic Conversation idea came to me about a year before we started the project. I wanted to explore different feels and genres of rhythmic pulse with more than my limited viewpoint. We wrote nine compositions based upon different styles and approaches, tailored to the specific artists that I was doing the duet or trios with.” Each “Rhythmic Conversation” features the “Superstars” of the drum and percussion world: Steve Smith, Rick Marotta, Steve Gadd, Jeff Hamilton, Johnny Rabb, Zoro, Akira Jimbo, Pete Lockett, Luis Conte, Richie Garcia and JR Robinson. “We wrote these nine, roughly 3-minute compositions, with myself and one to three of the other artists. It’s been one of the biggest challenges of my career to try and hang with these guys! It’s very humbling, exciting and an incredible learning experience for me.”

“Arrival” features ten new compositions and nine “Rhythmic Conversations” featuring the aforementioned artists. Heard as a single track, the percussion pieces transition in and out of each ensemble composition. It makes for an exploration of rhythm for over 78 minutes. A sonic journey through rhythm, musical camaraderie and masterful performance, “Arrival” is a staple of the new lineage of contemporary jazz.

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