Sait Palanduz Steve Cardenas Has Diverse Credits As A Performer And Recording Artist. Having Started His Musical Career In Kansas City He Is Now An Integral Part Of The Jazz Community In New York. 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. He Has Regularly Performed In Groups Led By Such Diverse Artists As Paul McCandless Of The Group Oregon Trumpeters/composers Mark Isham And Jeff Beal Bassists Marc Johnson And John Patitucci As Well As Vocalists Madeleine Peyroux And Norah Jones. Steve Is Currently A Member Of The Paul Motian Band Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra A Group Led By Joey Baron Called "Killer Joey" As Well As Ben Allison & Man Size Safe. In Addition He Leads His Own Trio Performing At Various Venues Around New York City. Along With Performing And Recording Cardenas Is On Faculty At The New School In New York Where He Teaches The Thelonious Monk Ensemble And Gives Private Lessons. Recently Steve Was An Instructor At The Banff International Workshop In Jazz And Creative Music. In 2003 He Was Guest Faculty At The California Institute Of The Arts For The Spring Semester. Other Workshops Have Included Langnau Jazz Nights In Switzerland Seda Jazz In Spain And Jamey Abersold 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 Little Things Run The World - Ben Allison & Man Size Safe Palmetto Records No Way Out - David Brandom Blujazz Records Song For Anyone - Chris Potter 10 Sunnyside Records 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 Home - David Brandom Independent Release 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