Guitarist, composer, arranger, and teacher Carlos Oliveira, originally from the state of Pernambuco (Northeast region of Brazil), started playing the guitar in his teens but has been living in the US since 1980 teaching and performing his native music in which he showcases a variety of Brazilian music styles. His CD Brazilian Origins was released in 2000, and his group Brazilian Origins has appeared as main and introductory acts for great Brazilian artists such as Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Jaques Morelenbaum Quartet, Rosa Passos, and has appeared at many important venues like Yoshis, Kuumbwa Jazz, San Francisco, San Jose and Monterey Jazz Festivals. As a composer, guitarist, and arranger, Carlos has contributed for the albums Ambrosia from Bay-Area’s saxophonist Harvey Wainapel and pianist Kenny Barron, on New Choros of Brazil by Wainapel and Brazilian guitarist Paulo Bellinatti, with mandolin legend Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso , and recently on David Grisman's release Tone Poets CD featured on a duet with prodigy mandolinist and violinist Eva Scow. Presently Carlos continues to develop his music, dedicating his efforts to the study of the Brazilian 7 string nylon guitar, composition, and the creation of a Brazilian guitar instructional method book.


Carlos Oliveira oferece ao público músicas alegres, refinadas e cheias de emoção com seu estilo ritmico e dinâmico de tocar violão. Sua versatilidade revela-se também no baixo elétrico, percussão e cavaquinho.
Nascido em Recife - PE, sua composições trazem influências musicais desta região e também do jazz americano. Para expandir o seu conhecimento em arranjo e composição, Carlos imigrou para os E.U.A. nos anos 80, onde até hoje reside e faz parte de um respeitado grupo de artistas no estado da Califórnia. No decorrer desses anos, apresentou-se e/ou gravou com Cláudia Villela, Claudia Gomez, Harvey Wainapel, Andy Narell, Sandy Cressman, Marcos Silva, Célia Malheiros, Eddie Duran, Ricardo Peixoto, Mike Marshall e Jeff Linskey. Participou da abertura dos shows de Gilberto Gil, Rosa Passos, Quarteto Jobim-Morelenbaum, Sérgio Mendes, além de ter trabalhado em inúmeras gravações.