Sometimes the best things come in small packages. Though Carlos Bernardo's self-released cd is a mere 34 minutes long, the 10 songs there are glorious jazz/world guitar albums. Hooking around the smoothness of new age corners, yet building often on ragged banjo, lute and guitar, every track is a new experience, unto itself. 

Often the music is loose and hidden, like background music in an upperclass mall store: the kind that doesn't play rock and doesn't believe that lyrics should be involved in music. The midget 'La maison dieu' goes there, easily followed by an Eastern step into 'Eau neuve' which bubbles into stereo at a leisurely pace and keeps on the country road with a master's touch. 

Master he is, having had Toninho Horta and Nelson Faria teach him jazz in Brazil. He's toured much of the world - Paris, Tokyo, Montreal, Sydney - with a show called The Flood Drummers. Why? Well, Carlos has been living in France since 1999 where he's been playing with Ariane Mnouchkine's Theatre du Soleil. There, he's Jean-Jacques Lemetre's right hand man. He must be right handed, by the sound of it. 

For what you hear glides on cleaner than butter to a hot pan. All instrumental, all noiselessly inspiring. True, sometimes the pace kicks up, but it will never kick you in the face. For that, listeners are immediately grateful. I know I am; every time the jungle sounds of 'Salut le maitre' start. Great outdoor fare without the bugs.
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A refreshing mix of acoustic six string guitar, percussion and vocals.  The tropical, Brazilian influence is subtle but powerful.  Although not Bossa Nova,  fans of Jobim should check this CD out.
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Excellent musician...  Creative guitar player.  Real good music!
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Carlos Bernardi is writing an important pabe in the Brasilian history of instrumental music and in special to thw history of guitars.
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