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Steve Cardenas
Guitar
Recently Added
10/18/2023
Mezzrow
Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison & Matt Wilson
06/10/2023
Mezzrow
Jon Cowherd & Steve Cardenas
03/01/2023
Mezzrow
Ben Allison, Ted Nash & Steve Cardensas
08/11/2021
Smalls
Ben Allison Quartet
08/22/2019
Smalls
Ben Allison & Think Free
01/28/2019
Smalls
Anthony Pinciotti Quartet
11/07/2018
Smalls
Loren Stillman & Steve Cardenas Quartet feat. Ben Allison and Matt Wilson
11/04/2018
Mezzrow
Steve Cardenas & Kris Davis
10/21/2018
Mezzrow
Ben Allison, Ted Nash & Steve Cardenas
08/23/2018
Mezzrow
Ben Allison, Frank Kimbrough & Steve Cardenas
07/02/2018
Smalls
Anthony Pinciotti Quartet
10/16/2017
Smalls
Anthony Pinciotti Quartet
08/11/2017
Smalls
The David Schnitter Quartet
03/30/2017
Smalls
The Mike Fahn Quintet
08/22/2016
Smalls
The Bob Sheppard Quartet
07/13/2016
Smalls
The Adam Kolker Quartet
01/25/2016
Smalls
Anthony Pinciotti Quartet
01/06/2016
Smalls
The Ben Allison Quartet
01/08/2015
Smalls
The Ben Allison Quartet
08/25/2014
Smalls
The Anthony Pinciotti Trio
08/12/2014
Smalls
The Adam Kolker Quartet
02/17/2014
Smalls
The Anthony Pinciotti Quartet
11/14/2012
Smalls
The Steve Cardenas Trio
05/03/2012
Smalls
The Ben Allison Band
04/15/2010
Smalls
The Adam Cruz Sextet
04/30/2009
Smalls
The John McNeil's Urban Legend
Upcoming Shows
Steve Cardenas has many diverse credits as a performer and recording artist. Beginning his musical career in his hometown of Kansas City, he has been an integral part of the New York City jazz community since 1995. Steve has performed with many well-known and highly esteemed musicians. Notably, he was a longstanding member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band (which later became the Paul Motian Octet) as well as Joey Baron's band, Killer Joey. Steve is currently a member of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Steve Swallow Quintet and the Ben Allison Band. He has toured the U.S., Canada, Europe and South America extensively, performing at numerous jazz festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival and Montreux Jazz Festival several times. In addition, Steve leads his own trio performing at various venues around New York City.Along with performing and recording, Steve is on faculty at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York where he directs the Thelonious Monk Ensemble, the Guitar Duos class and gives private lessons. He has been on faculty at the Siena Summer Jazz Workshop, Stanford Jazz Workshop and Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, to mention a few. Steve was also invited as guest faculty for a semester at the California Institute of the Arts in 2003 and 2010. Also, Steve collaborated with editor Don Sickler 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.Weblinks:www.stevecardenasmusic.com