The book begins when the Bear is a Cub. He decides to go on a journey to find his true identity.
When he arrives in New York City he gets caught. The Man who catches him takes him to a Poker Game and when he loses all his money he uses the Bear instead of money.
He loses the Bear to Jones who is a Street Bustler. Jones becomes a’father’ to him and hey stay together for quite a while.
Some how he can walk, talk, read and play the Alto-Saxophone. He likes all types of music but jazz is his favourite.
The Bear decides to quit his day job and focus on his career. The first time he plays in a gig the Police raid the Jazz Club.
The Bear ends up in jail. He is sent to see a Psychiatrist and isn’t very happy about this.
A Policeman becomes sympathetic towards the Bear. He helps the Bears friend get out of jail, (without paying a fine).
He meets Ornette Coleman, (a famous Jazz Player), who wants to know how a Bear can play music like a real person. He is of course unique but the Bear doesn’t know this.
His first Album is released, (Blues in Ursa Minor), and it is an instant hit. He gets a record contract and a large cash advance.
He is suppose to work on his second Album and his friends thinks he would be better to do this away from NYC.
He does leave and decides to go to Woodstock, (it’s very close to his home town called Bearsville), to work on the score and practice with the band.
He keeps trying to become a better jazz player and often makes guests appearances with some of the famous jazz players like Lester Bowie, Ornette Coleman, Billy Hart and Charlie Haydon.
We read about his relationships with Humans, his philosophy, his romances and his musical profession.
He does meet a lot of Ladies. When he meets Iris they do have sexual intercourse.
He tries to analysis all of his relations, peoples emotions, (their insecurities a fear of not being accepted).
He goes back and forth from living in a Human’s World to his natural habitat.
How will it end? I’ll never tell because I never tell the ending of a book.
I will tell you that at the end of the book there is a listener’s guide that has a lot of useful information.