 Steve Cardenas
Cardenas has backed up such greats as Eddie Harris, Marilyn Maye, Jay McShann, and Slide Hampton. He has toured Europe extensively, performing at various jazz festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on three separate occasions and the North Sea Jazz Festival four times. In recent years, he regularly performed with such artists as Paul McCandless of the group Oregon, trumpeters/composers Mark Isham and Jeff Beal, bassist Marc Johnson and vocalist Norah Jones. Steve is currently a member of the Paul Motian Band, Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, as well as a quartet led by drummer Joey Baron called "Killer Joey". In addition, he leads his own group performing at various venues around New York City.
Along with performing and recording, Cardenas teaches at the New School in New York and gives private lessons on his own as well. In 2003, Steve was guest faculty at California Institute of the Arts for the winter/spring semester. Other teaching positions have included the "Integrated Arts in Education" program through the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California, and jazz workshops at Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Camps. Also, in collaboration with editor Don Sickler, Cardenas completed work on a book of Thelonious Monk's compositions through Hal Leonard Publishing. The Thelonious Monk Fakebook marks the premier publishing of all of Monk's compositions together, with many of them appearing for the first time.
Panoramic is Steve's latest release for Fresh Sound New Talent Records. As on his previous record, Shebang, this CD features Larry Grenadier on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums, with Tony Malaby added on tenor saxophone.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
LEADER:
Panoramic - Fresh Sound New Talent Records
Shebang - Fresh Sound New Talent Records
SIDEMAN:
Cowboy Justice - Ben Allison, Palmetto Records
Give and Go - Donny McCaslin, Criss Cross Jazz
Garden Of Eden - Paul Motian Band, ECM Records
Not In Our Name - Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Verve Records
Traveller - Arthur Kell Quartet, Fresh Sound New Talent Records
Mercy Streets - Kate McGarry, Palmetto Records
Visual - Alexis Cuadrado Sextet, Fresh Sound New Talent Records
People Behave Like Ballads - Rebecca Martin, Maxjazz
Holiday For Strings - The Paul Motian E.B.B.B., Winter & Winter Records
Show Me - Kate McGarry, Palmetto Records
Middlehope - Rebecca Martin, Fresh Sound New Talent Records
Close Your Eyes And Listen - Mike Fahn, Sparky1 Productions
Metro - Alexis Cuadrado, Fresh Sound New Talent Records
Europe - The Paul Motian E.B.B.B., Winter & Winter Records
See You In Zanzibar - Arthur Kell, (independent release)
Killer Joey - Joey Baron, (independent release)
Monk and Powell - The Paul Motian E.B.B.B., Winter & Winter Records
Who Loves You: A Tribute To Jaco Pastorius - various artists, JVC Records
Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project - Mark Isham, Columbia Records
From The Street - Tom Coster, JVC Records
Raising The Standard - New York Guitar Trio, Midi Inc. Records
10/10: Tribute to Thelonious Monk - Duo with pianist John Beasley, MMP Records
Contemplations - Jeff Beal, Triloka Records
The Last Romantics - Paul Hanson, Midi Inc. Records
Three Graces - Jeff Beal, Triloka Records
Premonition - Paul McCandless, Windham Hill Records
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