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Some background - in 1981, I had the blessing (for real) of being able to attend the Underground Jazz Festival in chicago for two nights. The first was the premier (supposedly!) of the Henry threadgill Sextet, the second was a Malachai Favors group with Vandy Harris (or Ari Brown, but I think Vandy Harris) and....I forget who all else, but defintely remeber this amazing singer named, I thought, K'atetta ATon. I mena, a force, a spirit, she was in there, right? So ever since, I've been asking so often. you ever heard of K'atetta Aton? or Whatever happened to K'Atetta Aton, and nobody knew. And some of the people I've asked, if THEY didn't knew, then...was it real, hearing her? Well, in wake of all the AACMBuzz, hell, one more time, hit the web, and finally, found her. Only it's not "K'atetta" it's KaT'etta, and she's on this record: which ok, I apologize for never even hearing rumors about this, but look at the lineup: http://www.popsike.com/INFINITE-SPIRIT-MUSIC-LP-HOLY-GRAIL-RARE-SPIRITUAL-AVANT-AFRO-JAZZ-NO-RESERVE/370553104740.html Mchaka Uba - Bass Aye Aton - Percussion KaT'etta Aton - Vocals Kahil El Zabar - Vocals, Conga Ibo - Conga Drums Light Henry Huff - Sax Soji Adebayo - Piano The only other names I immediately recognize are El'Zabar & Huff (and further digging shows that I have Mchaka Uba on a few other records), but this Aye Aton...was he brother or husband to KaT'etta? Or what? One thing else came to light, which many of you might already know, the Aye Aton/Sun Ra connection: http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/2013/04/25/sun-ra-aye-aton-space-interiors-and-exteriors-1972/ And then this from 2013: http://www.studiomuseum.org/exhibition/ay-aton-space-time-continuum So, ok, one question answered, Kat'etta Aton = real person. But still, is she alive? If so, how's she up to? And if not, was she at least around enough to be known at least somewhat outside of the immediate circle? And of course, another whole new bag of worms - Aye Aton? What was the deal there, with all of that? and lastly - does anybody have, or at least heard, the Infinite Spirit Music record? At around $1000 a pop, the original is unthinkable, but it looks like Japans all has it http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NUM8CCS/sr=8-1/qid=1426913958/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1426913958&sr=8-1legit or not, I doubt very much, but please forgive me KaT'etta, I still very much remember Malachi pulling his stings so far out it looked like he was going to use his bass to short an arrow while you sang "Resonator For The Creator". If you are still alive, I will send you a check personally. I'm trying to clear up space in my house, this is not the way to do it. I feel like freakin' Luther Ingram, dammit.