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News: Radio

Live Jazz On WLRN.org featuring Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion

January 14, 2012

Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, January 13th, 2012 Featuring SAMMY FIGUEROA and his LATIN JAZZ EXPLOSION This New York born (Bronx), Miami resident is one of the world's leading percussionists. He has performed and recorded with legends in Pop, Rock, Latin, Jazz, Brazilian and ...

Album

Urban Nature

By Sammy Figueroa

Label: Senators Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Gufillo; Urban Nature; Latin What?; Zuliana; 7th Door To Your Left; Cuco y Olga; Cha Cha Pa' Ti; Queen From The South; Funny Talk.

Album

NU-JIVE

By Troy Roberts

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Chiver-Town; Brotherlation; Nu-Jive Interlude; Shavon; Liberty Nights; Oscar and the Shoe Box; Siarus; Mademfalselle;

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Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz: Mannheim, Germany, October 2-November 18, 2011, Week 5-7

by Adriana Carcu
December 1, 2011

Week 1-2 | Week 3-4 | Week 5-7 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2-November 18, 2011 Colin Vallon Trio The performance of the Swiss trio surprised from the onset, through their pronounced experimental character. Other than the steady narrative flow featured on their most recent album Rruga (ECM, 2011), the ...

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Article: Album Review

Sammy Figueroa & His Latin Jazz Explosion: Urban Nature

Read "Urban Nature" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 6, 2011

Urban Nature blends elements of modern jazz fusion with percussive Latin jazz rhythms in a highly charged session from master percussionist Sammy Figueroa and his Latin Jazz Explosion. The two previous recordings with this very same group, The Magician (Savant, 2007) and And Sammy Walked In (Savant, 2005), both garnished Grammy nominations for the Best Latin ...

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Article: Live Review

Monterey Jazz Festival: Monterey, CA, September 16-18, 2011

by Larry Taylor
October 8, 2011

54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey Fairgrounds Monterey, CA September 16-18, 2011 The Monterey Jazz Festival--still going strong after 54 years. What's more, this year, Sept. 16-18, it was better than ever: the music was great; weather warm yet crisp and the atmosphere bucolic at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern ...

News: Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida October 2011 Online Edition Posted

October 2, 2011

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. The October 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a ...

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News: Recording

Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion - Urban Nature (2011)

September 16, 2011

Rock fans know him for his work with David Bowie and the Average White Band, jazz fans from moments alongside Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins (they're on tour now), soul and pop fans from turns with Chaka Khan and Mariah Carey. But Sammy Figueroa's real passion, this record makes clear is Latin jazz. A move from ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

H2 Big Band / Tempest Little Big Band / Deutsch Oper Berlin Big Band

by Jack Bowers
July 7, 2011

The H2 Big BandYou're It!Jazzed Media2010 Big-band album of the year? There have been a number of worthy aspirants in the first half of 2011, and now comes another strong contender: the Denver-based H2 Big Band, whose debut recording, You're It!, is a paragon of straight-ahead blowing pleasure ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Days 4-7: May 5-8, 2011

by Sandy Ingham
May 26, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 4: Thursday May 5, 2011 Vibraphonist Stefon Harris and Blackout was the featured act in the WWOZ Jazz Tent, but Christian Scott stole the show. Scott--the young New ...