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1		Killing Me Softly	5:56	Play
2		Fragile	4:59	Play
3		A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square	5:56	Play
4		Fire and Rain	5:08	Play
5		Imagine	5:28	Play
6		Sugar in My Bowl	3:39	Play
7		Throw It Away	5:53	Play
8		Corcovado	4:10	Play
9		I'll Be There If You Ever Want Me	4:49	Play

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Don Latarski is known nationally as a gifted performer, composer and author. His recordings include: Haven, Lifeline, Private Affair, How Many Ways, NorthWest of December, Deep Play, Rue 2, Natural Instincts, Eden Hall Sessions, Fab 4 on 6, Fab 4 on 6 vol.2, Acoustic Evidence, and Guitars on Holiday. Hes been playing the guitar since 1963.

His numerous Warner Bros. Publications include: "Introduction to Chord Theory, "Scale Patterns for Guitar, "Movable Guitar Chords, "Arpeggios for Guitar, "Chord Orbits, "Chord Embellishments, "Practical Theory for Guitar, "Guitar Theory Basics, The Ultimate Guitar Chord Big Book, Blues Chords, Jazz Chords, First Chords, Barre Chords, Blues Guitar, and The Ultimate Guitar Chord Gig Bag Book.

Born and raised in the shadow of Motown in the small town of Romeo, Michigan, Latarski moved to Oregon in 1973. He quickly established himself in the rock and blues scene and soon realized that he knew nothing about playing jazz. Out of frustration at not being able to sit in with the local jazzbos, he immersed himself in the slippery language of jazz. Too poor to take lessons, he taught himself by listening to the local NPR college jazz station and by hanging out with other players with a better grip on the vocabulary.

In time, what emmerged was a style that had one foot in blues and the other in jazz.

Latarskis exposure to fingerstyle guitar began in ernest in 1979 when he enrolled in the Univ. of Oregon School of Music and started studying classical guitar. Until that time, hed usually played with a pick. In 1998, he gave up using a pick entirely and began working exclusively as a fingerstylist.

His grasp of many genres of music has enabled him to perform and record in many different settings, from folk, rock, pop, blues and jazz. Hes also a prolific composer having written numerous songs for radio and television advertising, computer games, musicals, video and film usage and for his various ensembles. Most recently, his groups recorded version of Im a Woman was chosen for inclusion in the SONY pictures movie Little Black Book.

Since 1998, he has focused exclusively on fingerstyle guitar and has developed a distinctive sound that treads the genres of americana, blues and jazz. His genre bending approach has been influenced by Aaron Copland, Pat Metheny, Michael Hedges (who after hearing Latarski perform at an outdoor concert, inquired if hed (Latarski) be interested in play on his (Hedges) next LP), John Scofield, Leo Kottke, Wes Montgomery and James Brown.

A strong current of rhythmic interest combined with a playful and adventurous sense of harmony form the cornerstone of his style. This is not a style born out of the Travis fingerstyle approach. Latarskis many years experience in the realm of jazz and blues is at the core of his approach. You are just as likely to hear a simple triad as an obtuse jazz chord in one of his arrangements.

In the summer of 2004 Latarski arranged and recorded his first guitar chamber orchestra recording. The CD that resulted is called Guitars on Holiday. The focus of this disc was to create lush orchestrations using only guitars. The style clearly owes much to Aaron Copland and is reminiscent of Appalachian Spring in mood.

Latarski is also adjunct instructor and head of guitar studies at the University of Oregon School of Music. Hes been a faculty member at the university since 1982. He holds degrees in Political Science and Music from the University of Oregon.
Marilyn Keller brings a special magic to the stage with her mesmerizing
presence and flawless vocal stylings. Diversity is one of her greatest
assets and she displays it by appearing with a wide variety of performance
groups: Don Latarski and Rue de Blues, Black Swan Classic Jazz Band,
Darrell
Grant and People Music Project, the Augustana Jazz Quartet, Tall Jazz, Tom
Grant, and the gospel vocal ministry: The Disciples in Song. She was
trained
vocally as a member of the Mount Hood Community College Vocal Jazz Ensemble
and as a soloist fronting the award-winning MHCC Jazz Lab Band. Her private

instruction includes voice and performance technique with Thomas Blaylock.
She is the featured vocalist at the Jazz/Gospel Worship Service at Augustana

Lutheran Church every Sunday and every Wednesday at Sharky's Grill & Bar in
Lake Oswego. Marilyn performs frequently at: The Oregon Electric Station in
Eugene; Jimmy Mak's, Border's Books, Museum after Hours and Pioneer
Courthouse Square in Portland. Festivals include:
The Mount Hood Jazz Festival, Blue Heron Blues Festival, Cathedral Park Jazz

Festival, Sacramento Jazz Fest., Bix Biederbecke Memorial Jazz Fest. in
Davenport, IA, San Diego Jazz Fest., Sonoma County Jazz Fest., San Juan
Island Jazz Fest., White Rock Jazz Fest. & Chilliwack Jazz Fest in British
Columbia, Lake of the Ozarks Jazz Fest. in Missouri and many other Northwest

festival and Holiday events. Marilyn's versatility extends to the recording

studio and she has contributed her talents to various original CD's, albums,

demos and commercials. Her current discography includes: "How Many Ways"
with Don Latarski and Chris Stevens, "How 'Bout Now" with Tall Jazz,
"Promise" with Jeff Ibach & Promise, "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the
Farm" with Black Swan Classic Jazz Band, and "Deep Play" & "Rue II" with Don
Latarski and Rue de Blues.