He has also appeared alongside or recorded with Robert Irving III, Art Porter, Alphonse Mouzon, Red Holt, Mike Wolff, Willie Pickens, Peter Erskine, Ken Chaney[5] and Sugar Blue.
Russell has authored and arranged songs for several of his music industry colleagues, and has collaborated on five recordings with guitarist Henry Johnson.
[6] He produced his debut solo album Covering All Basses,[7][8] in 2005, and the follow-up, Circle without End, in 2011.
[9][10] The 16-track Circle Without End album project features Miles Davis ensemble alumnus Irving III,[11] Darryl Jones of The Rolling Stones, Wallace Roney, Richard Patterson and Brazilian percussionist Dedé Sampaio.
[12] The release has met with praise, and has garnered radio airplay domestically, and internationally.