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“Gio’s career (as you may know) started at the age of 16 and quickly accelerated to the top of his field by the age of 19 playing with Eddie Palmieri. After that, nothing short of a historical career has ensued. Hundreds of albums, tours and movies with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Gloria Estefan and even residing as a member of Mick Hart’s “Planet Drum”, has led Gio to being revered as one of the leading “Congueros” in history.”

— Downbeat Magazine

Giovanni Hidalgo

Giovanni Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education. His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José Manuel Hidalgo "Mañengue", was a renowned conga player. Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas, and timbales. For his eighth birthday, he received a conga which was handmade by his father. As a young child he practiced and developed his skills on the conga and on other instruments in his house. Hidalgo would drum a tune with sticks and then play the same tune with his hands. Hidalgo auditioned and was hired by the Batacumbele Band in 1980. In 1981, he traveled with the band to Cuba, where he met a musician by the name Changuito, a.k.a. José Luis Quintana. They created a style of rhythm that ushered in a new era in Latin music.  In 1985, Hidalgo was performing with Eddie Palmieri at the Village Gate in New York City when Dizzy Gillespie walked in and listened to him play. Gillespie was so impressed with Hidalgo that he told him that someday in the future they must get together and play. In 1988 Hidalgo joined Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra.  In 1992, Hidalgo was hired as an adjunct professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He taught many types of rhythm: Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, reggae, African, and jazz. He held this academic position until 1996.  During his career, he has worked with Bola Abimbola, Sikiru Adepoju, Art Blakey, Muruga Booker, Jack Bruce, Don Byron, Candido Camero, D'Angelo, Paulinho da Costa, Steve Gadd, Sammy Hagar, Kip Hanrahan, Zakir Hussain, Cassius Khan, Airto Moreira, Charlie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Hilton Ruiz, Paul Simon, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes.

On October 31, 2010, he performed with the rock band Phish during their Halloween concert. The band performed Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat with Hildalgo on percussion (with the exception of "Don't Bogart That Joint", which was performed a cappella) and a brass section of Aaron Johnson, Stuart Bogie, Ian Hendrickson, Michael Leonhart, and Eric Biondo. In 1991 Hidalgo received a Grammy Award for his contribution to the album Planet Drum (Rykodisc, 1991), performed by an ensemble of the same name led by Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead. He played on another one of Hart's Grammy-winning albums, Global Drum Project and on the album Danzón (Dance On) (GRP, 1993) by Arturo Sandoval which won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. Hands of Rhythm (RMM, 1997), Hidalgo's album with Michel Camilo, received a Grammy nomination, as did The Body Acoustic (Chesky, 2004), al album recorded by Hidalgo, David Chesky, Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer, and Andy Gonzalez.  In May 2010, Hidalgo was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music during the sixteenth consecutive year that faculty members from the school visited Puerto Rico for one of its global outreach programs.

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Things We Said Today - Radio Edit by Giovanni Hidalgo and Russ Miller

Things We Said Today - Radio Edit

Giovanni Hidalgo and Russ Miller

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The Radio release version of the amazing arrangement of, "Things We Said Today", the Beatles classic. Arranged by Rick Krive and Russ Miller and featuring Rick on Lead Vocal. This is the version you've heard on Hot AC Radio, that is also up for a Grammy Nod for "Arrangement of the year with vocal". The full length version is available as a

The Radio release version of the amazing arrangement of, "Things We Said Today", the Beatles classic. Arranged by Rick Krive and Russ Miller and featuring Rick on Lead Vocal. This is the version you've heard on Hot AC Radio, that is also up for a Grammy© Nod for "Arrangement of the year with vocal". The full length version is available as a download with the "Two Become One" album or as a individual download in the "Store" as well.

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Two Become One

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One of the newest artists (certainly not new to the industry, but new to R.M.I. Records) is legendary percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo! Gio’s career (as you may know) started at the age of 16 and quickly accelerated to the top of his field by the age of 19 playing with Eddie Palmieri. After that, nothing short of a historical career has ensued.

One of the newest artists (certainly not new to the industry, but new to R.M.I. Records) is legendary percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo! Gio’s career (as you may know) started at the age of 16 and quickly accelerated to the top of his field by the age of 19 playing with Eddie Palmieri. After that, nothing short of a historical career has ensued. Hundreds of albums, tours and movies with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Gloria Estefan and even residing as a member of Mick Hart’s “Planet Drum”, has led Gio to being revered as one of the leading “Congueros” in history. This is Gio’s 6th solo album and his first since 1999 and a series of serious health issues that almost sidelined his playing career. 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. This is Russ’ 7th release on R.M.I. Records and his first with Giovanni as a collaboration. Included in this mailing, is the Audio CD and packaging of the “Two Become One” project. A collaboration between these two incredible artists of original and two, newly arranged Pop vocal standards. Recorded in the Legendary Studio A at Criteria Recording in Miami and engineered by world class tracking and mix engineer Brad Haehnel, this entire project was captured in HD 32/96khz and mixed in 5.1 DTS digital surround. A Surround HD Audio CD and Vinyl versions are being released soon as well!

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Giovanni Hidalgo and Russ Miller

Giovanni Hidalgo and Russ Miller                                  

“Two Become One”

Giovanni Hidalgo   One of the newest artists (certainly not new to the industry, but new to R.M.I. Records) is legendary percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo!  Gio’s career (as you may know) started at the age of 16 and quickly accelerated to the top of his field by the age of 19 playing with Eddie Palmieri.  After that, nothing short of a historical career has ensued.  Hundreds of albums, tours and movies with everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Gloria Estefan and even residing as a member of Mick Hart’s “Planet Drum”, has led Gio to being revered as one of the leading “Congueros” in history.  This is Gio’s 6th solo album and his first since 1999 and a series of serious health issues that almost sidelined his playing career.  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.  This is Russ’ 7th release on R.M.I. Records and his first with Giovanni as a collaboration.

Included in this mailing, is the Audio CD and packaging of the “Two Become One” project.  A collaboration between these two incredible artists of original and two, newly arranged Pop vocal standards.  Recorded in the Legendary Studio A at Criteria Recording in Miami and engineered by world class tracking and mix engineer Brad Haehnel,  this entire project was captured in HD 32/96khz and mixed in 5.1 DTS digital surround.  A Surround HD Audio CD and Vinyl versions are being released soon as well!

Two Become One on Apple Music

The Making of "Two Become One"

Band at Criteria Studios, Miami

Band at Criteria Studios, Miami

Brad Haehnel at Criteria Desk

Brad Haehnel at Criteria Desk

Russ Miller's Drum Kit at Criteria

Russ Miller's Drum Kit at Criteria

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