This is the original Bob James; his very first album, in fact, recorded at age 22 (and produced by Quincy Jones) as a prize for winning the 1962 Collegiate Jazz Festival. "This collection, largely bop in it's approach, is astonishing in it's precocious reach, featuring two James originals: The intriguing 'Quest' and the daringly impressionistic 'Trilogy' that involves the playing of oil drums, temple blocks, and golf balls, among other things."