Steve Cardenas | |
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Born | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 1978–present |
Labels | Fresh Sound, Sunnyside |
Steve Cardenas is a guitarist who began his career in Kansas City, Missouri and has been part of the New York City jazz community since 1995. [1]
Cardenas was a member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Steve Swallow Quintet, and Joey Baron's band, Killer Joey. He is currently a member of the Ben Allison Band, John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet, Jon Cowherd Mercy Project and Adam Nussbaum Lead Belly Project. Cardenas has also worked with Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Paul McCandless, Madeleine Peyroux, Norah Jones, [2] Eliane Elias and Marc Johnson. He has toured throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia, performing at international music festivals, theaters, and clubs. Cardenas has released seven recordings as a leader. [2] [3]
Cardenas is on faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City. [3] He has been on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, [2] Segunda Residencia Antonio Sánchez, Siena Summer Jazz Workshop, Stanford Jazz Workshop, Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, and Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony. Cardenas is co-author, with editor Don Sickler, of the Thelonious Monk Fakebook, released by Hal Leonard Publishing.
With Ben Allison
With Jeff Beal
With Paul Motian
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