{"id":3102,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/g-f-mlely-88-keys-and-counting-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"g-f-mlely-88-keys-and-counting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3102","title":{"rendered":"G.F. Mlely &#8211; 88 Keys and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/88keysandcounting.jpg\" alt=\"G.F. Mlely\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\"\/><b><font color=\"#0000FF\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-size:16px\">88 Keys and Counting<br \/><\/font><font size=\"4\" color=\"Blue\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\" style=\"font-size:18px\">G.F. Mlely<br \/><\/font><\/b><font face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\" size=\"1\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:11px\">(JazCraft &#8211; 2002) <br \/> by Ricky Miller<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font face=\"verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-size:14px\"> G. F. Mlely performs solo piano with a two-pronged attack&#8230; Left hand and Right hand. The sound is clear and crisp, the delivery is powerful and moving. His interpretation of Gershwin&#8217;s <i>Our Love is Here to Stay<\/i> is filled with flamboyant runs and staccato romps. The take on Cole Porter&#8217;s <i>Love for Sale<\/i> is slow and blues infested while retaining that quality of &#8216;lightness&#8217; that Mlely ingrains into his work; a marvelous rendering. Other covers include Duke Ellington&#8217;s <i>Mood Indigo<\/i> another Porter tune&#8217; <i>Night and Day<\/i>&#8216; and a sweetly played version of Johnny Mercer&#8217;s <i>Come Rain or Come Shine<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>  There are also four Mlely originals, most notable of which is <i>Rio<\/i> &#8211; all motion and interplay with a moment here and there for some jouncy rhythm. I also liked <i>the Spirit Inside<\/i>; a well developed song that delivers a sense of pride and majesty, showing Mlely&#8217;s ability not only to play with both hands, but to write for them as well. Mlely plays and writes with a style that is uniquely his and very recognizable, much like another solo-piano pioneer, George Winston. Very enjoyable. <\/p>\n<p>  The CD is available <em>Right Now<\/em> at <a href=\"http:\/\/home1.gte.net\/jazcraft\/fineart.htm\">JazCraft<\/a> <\/font>     <?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_footer.htm\");   ??><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>88 Keys and CountingG.F. Mlely(JazCraft &#8211; 2002) by Ricky Miller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}