Zsofia Tardy presents, the Hunglish Project! Hung-lish refers to the band's roots: Zsofia and her husband Attila are from Budapest, Hungary ("Hung-), Craig and Kurt were born here, thus the "lish" (Eng-lish). The name also refers to their musical repertoire, playing not only American jazz standards, but also Hungarian jazz tunes, Balkan influenced music, originals, Monk, Silver and other bebop tunes. The band features Attila Csikos on guitar, Bill Athens on bass and Adam Carlson on drums. Zsofia started teaching voice 25 years ago, and soon became a sought-after voice teacher and vocal coach in Hungary. She often held summer clinics all over the country. She moved from Budapest to Portland in August 2015 with her husband, the jazz guitarist Attila Csikos and three almost-adult kids. She maintains a thriving home studio where she teaches both voice and piano. Soon after her arrival, she started gigging out with her voice-guitar jazz duo “2-in-1” and jazz quartet “Zsofia Tardy’s Hung-lish Project.” Soon she gained recognition in the Portland jazz music scene as ‘a deeply passionate and skilled’ jazz singer. Nowadays she regularly plays with local musicians like Mike Horsfall, John Moak, Ron Steen, Steve Christofferson, Perry Thorsell, Laura Cunard, Christopher Woitach, Kevin Dietz, Dennis Caiazza, Dave and Annie Averre, Randy Porter, David Watson, Kerry McCoy, Mike Snyder, Gordon Lee, Tom Grant, and many others. 

David "Doc" Watson is bringing back the Cool for a semi annual engagement at Christo's, after his big move to Kansas City. So let's give him a proper Christo's return, you dig? David "The Doctor Of Bebop" Watson, has always championed swinging jazz. Inspired by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, King Pleasure, Joe Carolle, Joe Williams, and others. David has always had his own sound and fresh approach to singing the music he loves, whether it's bebop, blues, or jazz ballads. Born in Fort Myers Florida May 30;1937, David Started singing when he was in the third or fourth grade, his first song in front of the school assembley was "Three Blind Mice" which he sung in a jazzy rhythm. He listened to Ella Fitzgerald who was his first love. Others he listened to was Cab Calloway, The Mills Brothers and The Ink Spots. After hearing what Ella Fitzgerald was doing, he knew that was the musical direction that he was born to follow. When David was around nine years old his family moved to Philadelphia PA. David began singing in neighborhood talent shows and school concerts, he was particularly inspired at that time by Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks and King Pleasure. David also became a very skilled scat-singer, learning from the recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, Eddie Jefferson, Jon Hendricks, Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, and King Pleasure. Stating "I would sing along with the records learning their every phrase and style. That is how I learned to sing jazz.” At the age of eighteen David went into the Army for four years. Returning to Philadelphia he scored the job that changed his life, bartending for four years at the world famous Showboat Jazz Theater. Meeting and becoming friends with the world class musicians that played there, he was consistently encouraged to pursue his love of singing. David learned from many of these jazz immortals while working at The Showboat, Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Betty Carter, Carmen McRae, Aurthur Prysock, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hartman and Walter Booker. During his period at the Showboat, David also taught himself to play drums plus mastered the difficult task of playing and singing at the same time. David moved to California January 3rd in 1971, and started playing around the SF Bay Area with Herb Gibson, Mark Zannini, Sam Peoples, Earl's Vann Big Band and many other Bay Area musicians. In 1974 he went to Alaska as part of the Herb Gibson Trio, staying for 11 months. Returning to the Bay Area David attended the College of the Marin, also playing gigs at night with Michele Hendricks in a band they called Chelsea. On a couple of their gigs, Michele's father Jon Hendricks sat in with the group, as did the members of the Manhattan Transfer who were traveling together at that time. Later as a professional singer and drummer, David had the opportunities to play or sing with such greats as John Handy, Eddie Henderson, Milt Jackson, Woody Shaw, Buddy Montgomery, Shirley Scott, Mickey Roker, Bob Cranshaw, Mike LeDonne, Joe Henderson, Eddie Moore, Eddie Marshall, Pony Poindexter, Mike White, Mel Martin, Sam Dockery among others. David performed at a countless number of clubs, wineries, concerts also traveling and singing in Amsterdam, Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo. Re-Birthing The Cool, Bebop N Beyond has evolved into a very impressive group, one that not only plays the West Coast cool jazz reflected in the first half of their name but other areas of music including New Orleans R&B, blues, hard bop and ballads. The lineup features of some of the very best jazz musicians based in Portland: baritonist Pete Petersen, Mary-Sue Tobin on alto & soprano, tenor-saxophonist Brian Myers, trumpeter Paul Mazzio, trombonists Chris Shuttleworth & Shayna Waldman, Mark Vehrencamp on tuba, pianist David Kim, bassist Perry Thoorsell and drummer Ed Pierce. The incredible sight and sound of his 10 piece band is an experience like no other, especially when in the context of our intimate lounge! 

We are thrilled to welcome the Berkley Choro Ensemble to Christo's Lounge for the first time! Featuring Jane Lenoir on flute, Harvey Wainapel on clarinet, Ricardo Peixoto on acoustic 7 string guitar and Brian Rice on percussion. Choro, the first uniquely Brazilian popular music and the root of samba and bossa nova, has its origins in the late 1800s. The genre, a captivating blend of European salon and chamber music with Afro-Brazilian rhythmic energy and a touch of jazz, is still being renewed and updated, and is spreading internationally at a very healthy pace. The combination of virtuosity, lyricism, nostalgic tenderness, and spontaneous improvisation makes this music attractive to listeners whether or not they are familiar with Brazilian music. The Berkeley Choro Ensemble, formed in 2010, has dedicated itself to the performance of modern choro compositions and collaborations with renowned Brazilian performers and composers. Their CD “The View From Here” is a reflection of what is happening today in the world of choro. The Ensemble has been actively promoting the advancement of this great genre via performances, workshops, and the annual Berkeley Festival of Choro. Each Ensemble member has performed and/or recorded (in both the USA and Brazil) with many of Brazil’s most highly respected musical artists, including Airto Moreira, Alessandro Penezzi, Amilton Godoy, Danilo Brito, Dori Caymmi, Flora Purim, Guinga, Jovino Santos Neto, Léa Freire, Paulo Bellinati, Paulo Sergio Santos, Proveta, and Rogério Souza, among many others. “The Berkeley Choro Ensemble is one of the few groups playing outside Brazil that has the deepest understanding of what it means to play a ‘chorinho.’ Proof of this is all over their disc, with ten astounding pieces.” — World Music Report, April, 2018 

Trumpeter Josh Deutsch and guitarist Nico Soffiato have been playing together as a duo since 2006, when they met in Boston. Over the years, the musical relationship born through this collaboration has resulted in a set of music composed specifically for this ensemble, including many co-written originals and reinvented arrangements of music from jazz, classical and popular worlds. The music ranges from electronic loops to entirely acoustic pieces, balancing carefully crafted compositions with space for exciting improvisations and interaction. Their third album Redshift was released in 2020 on the label nusica.org and features two great drummers of the New York scene: Allison Miller and Dan Weiss. The new album Cloud Forest out in April 2025 features drummers Dave King, Rudy Royston and Bram Kincheloe. Deutsch and Soffiato perform regularly in the New York City area and have toured extensively in the US and Italy. The have also given master classes and workshops in music schools and universities in the US and Italy. "...There's a comfort level in their exchanges that makes this music a pleasure to behold, regardless of complexity or intensity." – D. Bilawsky, All About Jazz Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Josh Deutsch is a unique voice on New York City’s contemporary music scene, where he performs regularly as a leader and sideman. He is also known nationally and internationally through performances around the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Asia. Deutsch plays regularly and has recorded with Argentinian singer/composer Sofia Rei, Grammy-winning Mexican singer Lila Downs, the Grammy-winning Dafnis Prieto Big Band, Pedro Giraudo’s Expansions Big Band, Miho Hazama’s M-Unit, Venezuelan guitarist/singer Juancho Herrera, Hungarian singer Nikolett Pankovits, Israeli singer/pianist Noa Fort, Australian soul/funk band The Hipstones, and Colombian folkloric band Grupo Rebolu. He has performed with Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and the Duke Ellington Big Band directed by Victor Goines. He has presented his own projects at Dave Douglas’s Festival of New Trumpet Music, as well as at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle and the Outpost Summer Music Festival in Albuquerque and appeared at such leading venues in the U.S. as Carnegie Hall, The Jazz Standard, Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, The Blue Note, The Jazz Gallery and The Stone in New York City and SF Jazz and Yoshi’s in California. Nico Soffiato is an Italian guitarist, composer and educator. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2007, he made his home in Brooklyn. A versatile player, Nico finds himself playing in various jazz and experimental groups such as his duo with Grammy-winning trumpet player Josh Deutsch, Paradigm Refrain with Anti Label recording artist Marco Buccelli, and Dogwood. As a member of the New York music scene for over a decade, Nico has been part of the collective Out Of your Head Brooklyn, whose members included Gerald Cleaver, Michael Attias, Tony Malaby, Kirk Knuffke, and many others. He also plays in Innocent When You Dream, Aaron Schragge’s ensemble that reimagines the music of Tom Waits. He had played nationally and internationally, presenting his music at renowned festivals like Dave Douglas’s FONT Festival, Sile Jazz Festival, Padova Jazz Festival and more. Nico is also music for media composer and producer. He’s a staff composer for the international music house Overcoast and has worked on movies and commercials.