At long last Sammy's new album, "Searching For A Memory (Busco Tu Recuerdo)" will be available to his fans on July 14, 2023, with pre-orders and singles coming up in late May. Featuring the brilliant Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and the fantastic Cuban singer Aymée Nuviola plus very special guests like the Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, trumpet player John Daversa and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Munir Hossn , the album is dedication to the memory of Sammy's father, the popular romantic singer of the 1950's, Charlie Figueroa. With arrangements by Gonzalo, John Daversa, Ricardo Rodriguez and Felipe LaMoglia, Charlie's classic boleros are presented with a modern Latin jazz perspective. Elements of son, cha-cha, samba, mariachi and modern jazz playfully intertwine with the eternal melodies by composers such as Rafael Hernandez, Pedro Flores and especially the Columbian composer José Barros. Sammy never really knew his father, who died young, a victim of his 'bohemian lifestyle'. Mirroring the lyrics of the title track, his father's biggest hit, Sammy was searching for a memory of his dad, but could only come up with a dream. The album ends with Charlie himself, as if he is singing to the little boy without a dad, 'No Llores Mas', 'don't cry anymore', a hint of the father Charlie could have been and the healing that Sammy has experienced in the making of this album.
