Jones, Bill, Jr

If A Robot Play The Blues Do It Still Be Funky? - Aligned Worlds (tm) Jones, Bill, Jr

An android named Riley breaks free from the cycle of abuse artificials are subjected to and begins a journey to prove his own personhood. He attempts to prove his consciousness through music and along the way discovers that a soul comes with a dark price. Riley wants to make his own way in the universe. His chosen field of battle is jazz, and his weapon, the double bass. He meets up with Monk, a four-thumbed pianist, and together, they start on a path only the jazz greats from Earth's music heydays have ever seen. There's more at stake than music, however. Riley's people back home are in trouble, and only by proving his own worth can he help them. Things really take a turn for the odd when a robot stranger shows up and takes Riley on a journey to 20th-century Earth, to where jazz was born and thrived. If A Robot Play The Blues is a science fiction adventure like none other, starring a human-like android lead you'll never forget.