an odd boy - volume four [paperback]

Volume four of an odd boy begins in Bristol, England, and ends in Heights CafŽ in Brooklyn, New York. The author conjoins the cerebrally rarified Claudette Gascoign and joins a household with her three friendsÑmusic and drama studentsÑand explores Jazz-Classical fusion Ð for three years, returning to the lost time of the late Õ60s. He finds a superlative mentor in Derek Crowe and is facilitated to create his own BA degree curriculum. At the end of his sojourn at Bristol Art School, he finds himself at the crossroads again. He takes to the road Ð this time bound for the Himalayas. After a hiatus of thirty years the road brings him back Ð almost to where he began. He encounters Maxwell Jefferson, a Blues bass player and member of the Federation of Black Cowboys. Their meeting marks the end of a journey, a coming-home, the culmination of a vision, and the start of an adventure that has no end. Welcome home.