 He is also a featured soloist on New York-based flutist Christian Artmann's 2018 CD, "Our Story" (Sunnyside)  Gardony's composition, "Meeting You There" was featured on Chihiro Yamanaka's Blue Note album, "Guilty Pleasure" 

Gardony has been praised for his "fluid pianism" in "The New York Times" and for his "uniformly high quality of compositions", harmonic complexity and emotional content which "All About Jazz" found to be comparable with Bill Evans'.The "Jazz Review" described him as "a pianist worthy of praise within the highest pantheon of performers".Dave Brubeck called Gardony a "great pianist".