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ASHA PUTLI ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY AS AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT THE NEW YORK TIMES/ BILLBOARD/ THE LONDON TIMES ,THE GUARDIAN/ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH/ AND OTHER MAINSTREAM PUBLICATIONS ), ASHA IS A SONGWRITER AND SINGER OF GREAT DIVERSITY. OTHER THAN HER SOLO RECORDINGS, IN THE POP / ROCK VEIN, (5 ON THE CBS LABEL & 3 ON THE POLYGRAM LABEL) SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ON THE CHARTS AND GONE GOLD, ASHA HAS ALSO PERFORMED AND RECORDED AS A JAZZ VOCALIST WITH ORNETTE COLEMAN, HENRY THREADGILL, DON CHERRY, CHARLIE MARIANO AND LIONEL HAMPTON, AND WON THE PRESTIGIOUS DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLL. JOHN HAMMOND SR, THE MAN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CAREERS OF MAJOR AMERICAN TALENT SUCH AS THE LEGENDARY BILLIE HOLLIDAY AND BOB DYLAN, HAILED ASHA AS A 'MUSICAL GENIUS'(WASHINGTON POST) . ASHA WON THE PRESTIGIOUS DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLL FOR HER FIRST JAZZ RECORDING ON ORNETTE COLEMAN'S CBS ALBUM f SCIENCE FICTION'. SINCE THEN SHE HAS BEEN ON A FEW INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CHARTS AND ALWAYS RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS. BUT MORE IMPORTANT TO HER, IS THAT THROUGH HER VOICE AND MUSIC SHE HAS SHOWN HER COMMITMENT TO VARIOUS CAUSES. SINGING ALL OVER THE WORLD TO RAISE MONEY OR AWARENESS FOR EDUCATION, THE ARTS, THE BLIND, FAMINE, ENVIRONMENT AND ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, ASHA HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL CHILDREN'S BENEFITS INCLUDING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND 'SAVE THE CHILDREN BENEFIT IN LONDON. AFTER HER US DEBUT CONCERT IN 1982 FOR THE JOFFREY BALLET, AN EVENT WHERE SHE AMALGAMATED HER CONNECTIONS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS WITH A DISTINGUISHED COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED PLACIDO DOMINGO, ZUBIN MEHTA, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, MYRNA LOY, JOAN FONTAINE, PETER ALLEN AND NEIL SEDAKA....SHE PERFORMED WITH TONY RANDALL AND JOE BROOKS FOR THE LINUS PAULING INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, AND FOR OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS(WITH PETER DUCHIN AND LESTER LANIN RECOGNIZED BY HER PEERS AS A UNIQUE TALENT, ASHA WAS THEN INVITED TO SING AT THE APOLLO THEATER. ORGANIZED BY THE NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, FEATURING JAMES BROWN AND THE TEMPTATIONS, AND ALSO AT THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS FOR ASCAP, (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & PERFORMERS) WITH CY COLEMAN, ROSEMARY CLOONEY, CAB CALLOWAY AND BOBBY SHORT. FOR UNICEF'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT THE UNITED NATIONS, ASHA WROTE AND SANG ACCOMPANIED BY A CHORUS OF CHILDREN INCLUDING THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA. AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT ON THE ARTISTS COMMITTEE OF THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR SPIRITUAL AND PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS, ASHA TAUGHT AND COMMUNICATED WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH HER MUSIC AND DANCE AT THE SHIMANE ARTS CONFERENCE IN JAPAN (1992). ON THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OF UNITED EARTH AND THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF EARTH TRAIN, ASHA WAS INVITED BY CLAES NOBEL TO SING AT THE OPEN AIR CONCERT IN VIENNA FOR THE CHILDRENS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH RAN PARALLEL TO THE U.N.CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1993.. THAT SAME YEAR, ASHA SANG AT THE GLOBAL
FORUM - KYOTO CONFERENCE WHERE SHE ALSO TAPED AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY HER SINGING FOR BOTH THE
INAUGURATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN CROSS IN THE HAGUE ATTENDED BY PRIME
MINISTER LUBBERS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, AT THE INVITATION FROM
PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. ASHA USHERED IN 1994, SINGING WITH LIONEL HAMPTON &
HIS ORCHESTRA AT MAYOR RUDY GIULIANTS INAUGURATION. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
HER CAREER, BRIDGE BUILDING HAS BEEN AN ASPECT OF HER LIFE......1996 WHEN THE
UN CELEBRATED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. Aa !sssha THE PUPPET, HER FIRST CHILDRENS
MUSIC CASSETTE WAS RELEASED AS A TRIBUTE. |
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