Jazz Saxophonist Woody Reed has just journeyed to The Zone, that magical place to which all improvisatory musicians seek to travel every time they set foot on stage. Far from the creative Utopia he had hoped to find, Woody experiencesa terrifying out-of-body encounter with his deceased mentor. Robbed of his once insatiable hunger to perform, Woody finds himself inexorably drawn to a meeting with The Performer, who reveals the cosmic truth of that first encounter.