Steve Cardenas (musician)

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]

Steve Cardenas
BornKansas City, Missouri, U.S.
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1978–present
LabelsFresh Sound, Sunnyside
Associated actsPaul Motian

Career

Cardenas was a member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band, Steve Swallow Quintet, and Joey Baron's band, Killer Joey. He has been a member of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Ben Allison & Think Free, John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet, Jon Cowherd Mercy Project and Adam Nussbaum Lead Belly Project. Cardenas has also worked with Paul McCandless, Marc Johnson, Madeleine Peyroux, and Norah Jones.[2] He has toured throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia, performing at international music festivals, theaters, and clubs. Cardenas leads a trio and has released several recordings as a leader.[2][3]

Cardenas is on faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City[3] and is a mentor with the online instructional site, Guitar Mastery Intensive. He has been on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts,[2] 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.

Discography

As leader
  • Blue Has a Range (Sunnyside, 2020)
  • Charlie & Paul (Newvelle, 2018)
  • Melody in a Dream (Sunnyside, 2014)
  • West of Middle (Sunnyside, 2010)
  • Panoramic (Fresh Sound, 2004)
  • Shebang (Fresh Sound, 2000)

As sideman

With Ben Allison

  • Layers of the City (Sonic Camera, 2017)
  • Quiet Revolution (Newvelle, 2016 / Sonic Camera, 2018)
  • The Stars Look Very Different Today (Sonic Camera, 2013)
  • Action-Refraction (Palmetto, 2011)
  • Think Free (Palmetto, 2009)
  • Little Things Run the World (Palmetto, 2007)
  • Cowboy Justice (Palmetto, 2006)

With Jeff Beal

  • Contemplations (Triloka, 1994
  • Three Graces (Triloka, 1993)
  • Objects in the Mirror (Triloka, 1990))

With Paul Motian

  • Garden of Eden (ECM, 2006)
  • Holiday for Strings (Winter & Winter, 2002)
  • Europe (Winter & Winter, 2001)
  • Monk & Powell (Winter & Winter, 1999)

With others

  • Adam Nussbaum, Lead Belly Reimagined (Sunnyside, 2020)
  • Kandace Springs, The Women Who Raised Me (Blue Note, 2020)
  • Ted Nash, Somewhere Else" (Plastic Sax, 2019)
  • Adam Nussbaum, The Lead Belly Project" (Sunnyside, 2018)
  • Jon Cowherd, Gateway (Newvelle, 2017)
  • Bria Skonberg, With a Twist (Sony/Okeh 2017)
  • Adam Kolker, Beckon (Sunnyside, 2017)
  • Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Time/Life (Impulse!, 2016)
  • Chris Cheek, Saturday Songs (Sunnyside, 2016)
  • John Patitucci, Brooklyn (Three Faces, 2015)
  • Jim Campilongo, Dream Dictionary (Blue Hen, 2014)
  • Eliane Elias, I Thought About You (Concord Jazz, 2013)
  • Steve Swallow, Into the Woodwork (XtraWATT, 2013)
  • Anthony Wilson, Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Goat Hill, 2012)
  • Monika Borzym, Girl Talk (Sony, 2011)
  • Roseanna Vitro, The Music of Randy Newman (Motema, 2011)
  • Adam Cruz, Milestone (Sunnyside, 2011)
  • Jim Campilongo, Orange (Blue Hen, 2009)
  • Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra, Quake (Sunnyside, 2008)
  • Chris Potter, Song for Anyone (Sunnyside, 2007)
  • Donny McCaslin, Give and Go (Criss Cross, 2006)
  • Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Not in Our Name (Verve, 2005)
  • Dave's True Story, Simple Twist of Fate (BePop, 2005)
  • Kate McGarry, Mercy Streets (Palmetto, 2005)
  • Rebecca Martin, People Behave Like Ballads (Maxjazz, 2004)
  • Alexis Cuadrado, Visual (Fresh Sound, 2004)
  • John Zorn, Voices in the Wilderness (Tzadik, 2003)
  • Mike Fahn, Close Your Eyes and Listen (Sparky, 2002)
  • Kate McGarry, Show Me (Palmetto, 2002)
  • Rebecca Martin, Middlehope (Fresh Sound, 2001)
  • Alexis Cuadrado, Metro (Fresh Sound, 2001)
  • Mark Isham, Miles Remembered (Columbia, 1999)
  • Steve Million, Truth Is (Palmetto, 1998)
  • Joel Harrison, 3+3=7 (Nine Winds, 1996)
  • Tom Coster, From The Street (JVC, 1995)
  • Brandon Fields, A Coffeehouse Christmas (Positive Music, 1994)
  • Paul Hanson, The Last Romantics (Midi Inc, 1993)
  • Paul McCandless, Premonition (Windham Hill, 1992)
  • Gary Foster, Kansas City Connection (Revelation)

References
  1. Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2001). All Music Guide. Hal Leonard. p. 1313. ISBN 978-0-87930-627-4.
  2. Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
  3. Adler, David R. "Steve Cardenas". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
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