Steve Cardenas (musician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Steve Cardenas (musician)

American musician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1959

Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Profession: jazz guitarist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.Cardenas was a longstanding member of the Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band (which later became the Paul Motian Octet) and Joey Baron's band, Killer Joey.
He is a member of the Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra, Steve Swallow Quintet, Ben Allison Band, John Patitucci Electric Guitar Quartet, and Jon Cowherd Mercy Project.
He has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia, performing at international music festivals, theaters, and clubs.
He leads a trio and has released several recordings as a leader.He has also worked with Mark Isham, Marc Johnson, Norah Jones, Paul McCandless, Maria Muldaur and Madeleine Peyroux.Cardenas is on faculty at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City.
He has been on the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts, 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.
The Thelonious Monk Fakebook marks the first time all of Monk's compositions have appeared in one volume, many the first time.