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Asha Puthli Interview

Gilles Peterson talks to Indian-born singer Asha Puthli about her life in music, including working with Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill and Andy Warhol.

Gilles is back in the studio for another Saturday afternoon mix up selection, joining the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond, in his own inimitable style. This week he speaks to Indian-born singer Asha Puthli about her life in music, including working with Ornette Coleman, Henry Threadgill and Andy Warhol.

Born and raised in Bombay, Asha moved to New York to pursue her love of jazz. Whilst there, she met Columbia Records impresario John Hammond, who had forged a career discovering acts like Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Hammond sent her to record with avant-garde pioneer Ornette Coleman, with whom she recorded two tracks - "What Reason Could I Give" and "All My Life". So far, Asha's career has resulted in ten albums, various film appearances and collaborations with Barry White, Roy Ayers and Don Cherry.

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Sat 31 Oct 2015 15:00
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Music Played

  • Lucky Pierre

    Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

    • Chemikal Underground.

  • Darkstar

    Through The Motions

    • Warp.

  • Floating Points

    Nespole

    • Pluto.

  • Sun Ra & His Myth Science Arkestra

    Angels & Demons At Play

    • Strut.

  • Prcls

    Life Goes On Without You

  • Moresounds

    Lightness

    • Original Cultures.

  • Roots Manuva

    Stepping Hard

    • Big Dada.

  • Nino Nardini

    Tropicola

    • Jazzman.

  • Moses Sumney

    Seeds

    • Terrible Records.

  • Grackle

    Jungle (feat. T Keeler & Capablanca Rework)

  • Omar-S

    The Lost Albatross

  • Henry Wu

    The Anthem

    • Eglo.

  • SoulParlor

    Dance Yeah (Ugly Drums Remix)

  • Black Classical

    Running the Voodoo Down

    • On The Corner.

  • Okzharp

    Sizzr (feat. Manthea)

    • Hyperdub.

  • Dinosaur L

    Go Bang

    • City Beat.

  • The Diabolical Liberties

    Get It Off Me (Arthur Russ)

  • Boston Bun

    Paris Groove (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)

    • Ed Banger Records.

  • Luke Vibert

    Bizarster

    • Planet Mu.

  • Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7

    Jaipur (Instrumental)

    • Truth And Soul.

  • Ananda Shankar

    Dancing Drums

    • EMI India.

  • Ye Mele

    O Som Psicodelico de L.C.V.

  • Os Famks

    Labirinto

    • EMI.

  • Petula Clark

    I'm Not In Love

    • CBS.

  • Papooz

    Ann Wants To Dance

    • Front Row.

  • Asha Puthli Interview

    • Asha Puthli

      Lies

      • CBS.

    • Ornette Coleman

      All My Life (feat. Asha Puthli)

      • Columbia.

    • Bill Ravi Harris & The Prophets

      Cissy Strutt

      • BBE.

    • Ornette Coleman

      Chappaqua Suite Part II (feat. Charles Moffett & David Izenzon)

      • Columbia.

    • Ornette Coleman

      What Reason Could I Give (feat. Asha Puthli)

      • Columbia.

    • The Modern Jazz Quartet

      Lonely Woman

      • Atlantic.

    • Asha Puthli

      Right Down Here

      • CBS.

    • Asha Puthli

      I Dig Love

      • CBS.

    • Asha Puthli

      Space Talk

      • CBS.

    • Peter Ives Group

      Ain’t That Peculiar

      • Asha Puthli.

  • Yesterdays Folks

    2069: A Spaced Oddity

    • Buddah Records.

  • Floating Points

    Peroration Six

    • Pluto.

  • ATP

    Don't Think

  • Dave Pike

    Big Schlepp

    • MPS.

  • Charles Sheffield

    It's Your Voodoo Working

    • Excello.

  • 4th Coming

    Waterloo At Watergate (Instrumental)

    • Alpha Records.

  • Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills

    Season of the Witch

    • Columbia.

  • Jamie Woon

    Thunder

    • PMR.

  • Kenneth Whalum

    Ghost Town

  • Floating Points

    For Marmish

    • Pluto.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Oct 2015 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music