Concert with Mal Waldron in Madrid
... El contrabajista brasileño Paulo Cardoso es un acompañante lúcido y buen conocedor de los materiales del maestro; pero posee, además, unas cualidades de solista que, cuando le toca navegar a su aire, nos permiten degustar unos devaneos rítmicos de verdadero buen gusto, para luego colocarse, discreto, detás del capitán, que camina por donde se le antoja.
El Independiente, Madrid 21. 11. 1990
... en solos tan largos y densos como el finísmo pitillo que cuelga siempre de su labio, el excelso e imaginativo contrabasjista Paulo Cardoso, habitual colaborador de Waldon, asume un prtagonismo sabiamente conjuntado con Tony Moreno, ...ABC, Madrid 21. 11. 1990
Concert with Sabina Sciubba in Munich
"Two musical pros that have fun running along new paths - humorous, emotional, with quite a flair for detail"
TZ, München, 17.9.1996
"Half an hour of music created by this symbiotic duo turned out to contairi perhaps the most thrilling 30 minutes ofthe whole Jazzfest"
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19.6.1997
Paulo Cardoso Band
"...the same holds true for band leader Paulo Cardoso, whose bass playing not only gave examples of acrobatic fingering (no wonder, as he is a teacher at the Münchener Richard-StraußKonservatorium), but also displayed a pleasant sense of economy, pause and dynamies in his solos."
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 24.1.1996

Concert with Wanja Slavin in Starnberg
"Strangely enough, Paulo Cardoso was able to hold his own without leaving his sensitive and economical style. Maybe it was that irritation that turned out to be so inspiring. Cardoso, producing an unusual sound by singing along with his bass solos, supplied a counterpart that was based not on competition but more on calling upon new listening habits that created tension with only slight deviations ftom the usual. Here, all the musicians met in the no man.s land ofpure music, no boundaries, value-free."
Süddeutsche Zeitung 6.11.2006