For_PRP decades_NN2 ,_PUN most_DT0 of_PRF what_DTQ jazz_NN1 scholars_NN2 have_VHB known_VVN about_PRP the_AT0 late_AJ0 ,_PUN Philadelphia-based_AJ0 pianist_NN1 and_CJC composer_NN1 Hasaan_NP0 Ibn_NP0 Ali_NP0 came_VVD from_PRP a_AT0 single_AJ0 1965_CRD album_NN1 –_PUN The_AT0 Max_NP0 Roach_NP0 Trio_NN1 Featuring_VVG the_AT0 Legendary_AJ0 Hasaan_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 recording_NN1 did_VDD n't_XX0 exactly_AV0 establish_VVI the_AT0 idiosyncratic_AJ0 musician_NN1 as_PRP part_NN1 of_PRF jazz_NN1 's_POS new_AJ0 vanguard_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP did_VDD gather_VVI enough_DT0 attention_NN1 to_TO0 prompt_VVI Atlantic_NP0 Records_NN2 to_TO0 try_VVI a_AT0 follow_VVB up_AVP –_PUN and_CJC that_DT0 second_ORD recording_NN1 ,_PUN made_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 late_AJ0 summer_NN1 of_PRF 1965_CRD ,_PUN has_VHZ been_VBN the_AT0 stuff_NN1 of_PRF rumor_NN1 ever_AV0 since_AV0 ._SENT Long_AV0 thought_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI lost_VVN ,_PUN this_DT0 album_NN1 ,_PUN entitled_AJ0 Metaphysics_NN2 ,_PUN was_VBD discovered_VVN in_PRP 2017_CRD and_CJC has_VHZ just_AV0 ,_PUN finally_AV0 ,_PUN been_VBN released_VVN ._SENT When_CJS Hasaan_NP0 Ibn_NP0 Ali_NP0 made_VVD his_DPS debut_NN1 on_PRP Atlantic_NP0 Records_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD 33_CRD years_NN2 old_AJ0 and_CJC living_VVG with_PRP his_DPS parents_NN2 in_PRP Philadelphia_NP0 ._SENT He_PNP rarely_AV0 performed_VVD in_PRP public_NN1 ,_PUN more_DT0 of_PRF a_AT0 "_PUQ phantom_AJ0 "_PUQ than_CJS a_AT0 legend_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC within_PRP the_AT0 community_NN1 of_PRF musicians_NN2 on_PRP the_AT0 East_NN1 Coast_NN1 there_EX0 was_VBD a_AT0 steady_AJ0 hum_NN1 of_PRF grapevine_NN1 talk_NN1 about_PRP the_AT0 socially_AV0 awkward_AJ0 pianist_NN1 from_PRP Philly_NP0 who_PNQ could_VM0 create_VVI Thelonious_NP0 Monk-style_NP0 whiplash_NN1 one_CRD minute_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC sprint_VVB up_AVP and_CJC down_AVP the_AT0 keyboard_NN1 like_PRP Art_NP0 Tatum_NP0 the_AT0 next_ORD ._SENT In_PRP Philadelphia_NP0 ,_PUN Ali_NP0 was_VBD known_VVN for_PRP showing_VVG up_AVP at_PRP jam_NN1 sessions_NN2 ,_PUN sitting_VVG down_AVP on_PRP the_AT0 piano_NN1 bench_NN1 next_ORD to_PRP whoever_PNQ was_VBD playing_VVG ,_PUN and_CJC gradually_AV0 taking_VVG over_AVP ._SENT Young_AJ0 musicians_NN2 respected_VVD him_PNP ,_PUN and_CJC feared_VVD him_PNP too_AV0 :_PUN Saxophone_NN1 legend_NN1 Archie_NP0 Shepp_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ learned_VVD to_TO0 play_VVI at_PRP those_DT0 sessions_NN2 ,_PUN recalls_VVZ Ali_NP0 as_PRP an_AT0 "_PUQ imposing_AJ0 figure_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ saying_VVG that_CJT when_CJS the_AT0 pianist_NN1 started_VVD to_TO0 play_VVI ,_PUN he_PNP and_CJC other_AJ0 younger_AJC musicians_NN2 would_VM0 flee_VVI the_AT0 bandstand_NN1 to_TO0 listen_VVI to_PRP his_DPS intense_AJ0 ,_PUN questioning_AJ0 music_NN1 ._SENT Only_AV0 one_CRD horn_NN1 player_NN1 could_VM0 keep_VVI up_AVP with_PRP Ali_NP0 –_PUN saxophonist_NN1 Odean_NP0 Pope_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ made_VVD his_DPS recording_NN1 debut_NN1 on_PRP Metaphysics_NP0 at_PRP age_NN1 26._CRD Pope_NP0 played_VVD and_CJC studied_VVD with_PRP Ali_NP0 for_PRP years_NN2 ;_PUN he_PNP recalls_VVZ visiting_VVG the_AT0 pianist_NN1 's_POS house_NN1 with_PRP his_DPS friend_NN1 John_NP0 Coltrane_NP0 ,_PUN absorbing_VVG ideas_NN2 about_PRP jazz_NN1 harmony_NN1 that_CJT were_VBD galaxies_NN2 away_AV0 from_PRP typical_AJ0 bebop_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 Metaphysics_NN1 track_NN1 "_PUQ Atlantic_NP0 Ones_NN2 "_PUQ shows_VVZ that_DT0 connection_NN1 :_PUN Not_XX0 only_AV0 does_VDZ it_PNP bear_VVI some_DT0 similarity_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 harmonic_AJ0 motion_NN1 of_PRF Coltrane_NP0 's_POS iconic_AJ0 "_PUQ Giant_AJ0 Steps_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ but_CJC it_PNP shows_VVZ Ali_NP0 and_CJC Pope_NP0 engaged_VVD in_PRP an_AT0 animated_AJ0 ,_PUN rapidly_AV0 evolving_VVG musical_AJ0 conversation_NN1 ._SENT For_PRP the_AT0 second_ORD album_NN1 ,_PUN Ali_NP0 wrote_VVD material_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 quartet_NN1 featuring_VVG Pope_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC convinced_VVD Atlantic_NP0 he_PNP needed_VVD several_DT0 rehearsals_NN2 ahead_AV0 of_PRF the_AT0 session_NN1 –_PUN an_AT0 unusual_AJ0 request_NN1 at_PRP a_AT0 time_NN1 when_CJS many_DT0 jazz_NN1 records_NN2 were_VBD made_VVN in_PRP a_AT0 day_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP no_AT0 preparation_NN1 ._SENT 
