Sure I got a little choked up. I got choked up earlier than I thought I would. My favorite era was from "Blue" through all those fan-damn-tastic jazz albums.
So when Lacey took us through moving as a kid, losing Kilauren, struggling through the coffeehouse tours, going to America, the whole time I was thinking..... "yeah, but this isn't my favorite part. She became so many different artists after this." Then that wonderful quote from Elliot about have a body of work before her debut. Then she brought her parents to Carnegie Hall in 1969....... Even before she made "BLUE". Well, that did it. Holy cow. She had "done it all" before she made "BLUE"! Before she hired the LA Express. Before she was shunned by Miles. Before she found Herbie. You get the idea. On and on. Holy. I was right but I didn't know how right I was. I'm proud to have known she's worth following for the last 30 years. Damn straight. The timeline, of which Deb Messling spoke is at: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mitchell_j.html If you were "there" a few weeks ago, you may have to delete all your "cookies" or force your browser to "refresh". I think it's the same URL that had just a couple of paragraphs until last week. To hit the Timeline directly, use this: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mitchell_j_timeline_flash.h tml Holy cow. Messling was right about finding a gem on that timeline! Thanks, Deb.
