SAMMY FIGUEROA TO PERFORM IN A TRIBUTE TO VERVE RECORDS AT THE JAZZ FOUNDATION OF AMERICA GALA ON MAY 21st, 2026
Honoring Cal tjader and Willy bobo
Sammy Figueroa is thrilled to be reunited with his old friend drummer Steve Jordan, artistic director of the legendary Great Night Gala fund-raiser for the Jazz Foundation of America. Sammy will be recreating his Cal Tjader Tribute band with the addition of percussionist Pablo Rosario, drummer Steve Jordan and the great Bill O'Connell on piano. The evening's featured artist will be Norah Jones with additional honors going to saxophonist Gary Bartz and a tribute to Ernest Ranglin. Mark Ruffin of Siriux XM will be master of ceremonies. A great night indeed!
SAMMY FIGUEROA TO PERFORM IN MILES DAVIS TRIBUTE AT THE MIAMI MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026
The Miami Montreux Jazz Festival and the Miles Davis Estate has invited Sammy Figueroa to perform with the Miles Davis Electric band at the opening concert of the 2026 Montreux Miami Festival. Miles Davis’ nephew drummer Vince Wilburn, Jr. has put together a band of some of the most noted players in jazz who had played with Miles throughout his career and multiple styles, from the early days of Kind of Blue to the exciting electricity of Bitches Brew and Man With A Horn. In addition to recording with Miles Davis, Sammy spent time with his simply as a friend and Miles’ autobiography has many stories of those times. Sammy is honored to be invited to this occasion and looks forward to joining his fellow
SAMMY FIGUEROA TO APPEAR IN 'THE POTLUCK', A MUSICAL BY CESAR ALVAREZ AT THE INTAR THEATER IN JULY 2026
12.10.25 Sammy is very pleased to rejoin the brilliant playwright, composer, musician and performer Cesar Alvarez in "The Potluck". This brilliant musical addresses Cesar's family's involvement in the 1979 Greenville Massacre and how to recuperate from trauma that happened to you before you were even born. It's also about about ghosts and queerness and feelings -- and also capitalism. Two years ago Sammy was so pleased to be invited to join Cesar as an actor in a preliminary workshop of this piece which led to performances at Dartmouth College and Lincoln Center. Now, Cesar has invited Sammy back as a performer and a unique part of the band in this mind-expanding presentation. Produced by Soho Repertory performances will begin on July 12th and run through August 2nd 2026. Sammy says, "It's exciting to be working with such creative and amazing actors and musicians, especially Cesar Alvarez himself who is completely unique and constantly creative.
NEW RELEASE BY SAMMY FIGUEROA!
Sammy Figueroa releases "The Continental", A Tribute to Cal Tjader
08.22.2025 In June 2025 Sammy Figueroa was pleased to be playing one of his favorite jazz clubs in the world: Judson’s Live in Orlando, Florida with his Cal Tjader Tribute Band. After one of the shows the illustrious recording and mastering engineer Bob Katz, who lives in Orlando, came up to him raving about the show and offered to mix a track for him if he had the recording available. As it happened the club had recorded all the shows in multi-track and soon made the tracks available to Sammy, Bob and Sammy’s producer Rachel Faro. “The Continental” was the most consistently played and recorded and so Bob made his magic and the single of the track was born. As it happened the club had also videotaped the show and we were able, with Bob’s brilliant assistance, to create a video in an unedited version of the same track as the single. Now Sammy and Cal Tjader fans can enjoy this great band’s performance and hopefully this will be the beginning of a whole album dedicated to Tjader. Musicians on this track include Latin Grammy winning vibraphonist, composer and arranger Felipe Fournier, the brilliant pianist Tal Cohen, Cuban drum virtuoso Rainier Guerra on timbales and Argentine bassist Agustin Conti.
Sammy Figueroa Receives Latin GRAMMY® Nomination for Searching For A Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo)
9.7.2024 Sammy Figueroa's highly acclaimed album Searching For A Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) has been honored with a Latin GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Jazz/Latin Jazz album. Sammy wants to thank everyone who made this possible: producer Rachel Faro, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Aymée Nuviola and Paulo Simeon, Miguel Zenon, John Daversa, Ricky Rodriguez, Felipe Lamoglia, Cisco Dimas, Ludwig Afonso, Carlos Alvarez, and the SouthArts Jazz Road program. Heading to Miami in November!
Sold Out Shows & Accolades for Searching For A Memory Live In Concert
7.1.2024 Music from the critically acclaimed album Searching For A Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo) has been performed live in concert at four venues: the Faena Theater (Miami Beach), Dizzy's Club (New York), Kravis Performing Arts Center (West Palm Beach), and Judson's Live at the Phillips PAC (Orlando). Featuring either GRAMMY®-winning pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba or up-and-coming Cuban maestro Kemuel Roig and Latin GRAMMY® and GRAMMY® winner Aymee Nuviola. Audience members were dazzled by a glorious celebration of Latin jazz as well as a multimedia screening of archival images. At all venues, shows were sold out or near sold out, and the enthusiastic reception was a thrilling reminder of how music brings us together.