Steve Cardenas is a guitarist who began his career in
Kansas City, Missouri
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and has been part of the New York City jazz community since 1995.
Career
Cardenas was a member of the
Paul Motian
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He first came to prominence in the ...
Electric Bebop Band,
Charlie Haden
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Liberation Music Orchestra,
Steve Swallow
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...
Quintet, and
Joey Baron
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Music career
Baron was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond Virginia. When he was nine, ...
's band, Killer Joey. He is currently a member of the
Ben Allison
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Band,
John Patitucci
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John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...
Electric Guitar Quartet, Jon Cowherd Mercy Project and Adam Nussbaum Lead Belly Project. Cardenas has also worked with Claude "Fiddler" Williams,
Paul McCandless
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Norah Jones
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,
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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.
Cardenas is on faculty at
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
School of Jazz and Contemporary Music is the second conservatory of The New School. It is located on West 13th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. It was known as The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music before it wa ...
in New York City. He has been on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, 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.
Discography
As leader
* ''Healing Power - The Music of Carla Bley'' (Sunnyside, 2022)
* ''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
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* ''Moments Inside'' (Sonic Camera, 2021)
* ''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
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* ''Contemplations'' (Triloka, 1994
* ''Three Graces'' (Triloka, 1993)
* ''Objects in the Mirror'' (Triloka, 1990))
With
Paul Motian
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He first came to prominence in the ...
* ''Garden of Eden'' (ECM, 2006)
* ''Holiday for Strings'' (Winter & Winter, 2002)
* ''Europe'' (Winter & Winter, 2001)
* ''Monk & Powell'' (Winter & Winter, 1999)
With others
* Steve Million, ''What I Meant To Say'' (Origin, 2021)
* Adam Nussbaum, ''Lead Belly Reimagined'' (Sunnyside, 2020)
*
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, ''The Women Who Raised Me'' (Blue Note, 2020)
* Ted Nash, ''Somewhere Else'' (Plastic Sax, 2019)
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Adam Nussbaum
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Early life
Nussbaum was born in New York City on November 29, 1955. He grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, and first played the drums at the age of four. After five years of piano ...
, ''The Lead Belly Project'' (Sunnyside, 2018)
* Jon Cowherd, ''Gateway'' (Newvelle, 2017)
*
Bria Skonberg
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, ''With a Twist'' (Sony/Okeh 2017)
* Adam Kolker, ''Beckon'' (Sunnyside, 2017)
* Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, ''Time/Life'' (Impulse!, 2016)
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Chris Cheek
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Cheek was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father was the director of a Junior high school band. Cheek began learning to play the alto saxophon ...
, ''Saturday Songs'' (Sunnyside, 2016)
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John Patitucci
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Biography
John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...
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Steve Swallow
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...
, ''Into the Woodwork'' (XtraWATT, 2013)
* Anthony Wilson, ''Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art'' (Goat Hill, 2012)
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, ''Girl Talk'' (Sony, 2011)
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Roseanna Vitro
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, ''The Music of Randy Newman'' (Motema, 2011)
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Biography
He is best known for his work with pianist Danilo Perez, saxophonist Steve Wilson, David Sanchez, and pianist Edward Simon. He has also toured and recorded with the Mingus ...
, ''Milestone'' (Sunnyside, 2011)
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Campilongo primarily plays Fender Tele ...
, ''Orange'' (Blue Hen, 2009)
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Mike Holober
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& The Gotham Jazz Orchestra, ''Quake'' (Sunnyside, 2008)
* Chris Potter, ''Song for Anyone'' (Sunnyside, 2007)
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, ''Give and Go'' (Criss Cross, 2006)
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Charlie Haden
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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)
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, ''Close Your Eyes and Listen'' (Sparky, 2002)
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McGarry grew up in an Irish-American family with nine siblings in Hyannis, Massachusetts. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, graduat ...
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Career
Harrison was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Bard College, New York, in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in composition and performance. His father was ...
, ''3+3=7'' (Nine Winds, 1996)
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* Paul Hanson, ''The Last Romantics'' (Midi Inc, 1993)
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, ''Premonition'' (Windham Hill, 1992)
* Gary Foster, ''Kansas City Connection'' (Revelation)