Meeting Asha Puthli: “I have a four-octave range from my classical training and I just went for it, this spaced-out singing” | Songlines
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Meeting Asha Puthli: “I have a four-octave range from my classical training and I just went for it, this spaced-out singing”

By Jane Cornwell

Undeterred by expectations, Asha Puthli had a vision of uniting Indian classical music with jazz, heading to New York and getting a job singing with a free-jazz icon. It was the beginning of an adventurous, incendiary and unparalleled career

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Puthli in Italy

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