At 22 bassist Henry Grimes left Julliard to play with Thelonious Monk. He helped define New York's potent free jazz movement with Albert Ayler. In 1969, at 33 he disappeared. In 1984 his obituary ran. In 2002, he reemerged from Los Angeles's skid row neighborhood. This is not the story of his then. This is the story of his now.