Lillian Boutté
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Lillian Theresa Boutté (born August 6, 1949, New Orleans) is an American jazz singer.[1] She is the older sister of jazz singer John Boutté.
Boutté sang in the Golden Voices Choir as a child and won a singing contest at age eleven. She received a bachelor's degree in music therapy at Xavier University of Louisiana and worked as a session musician in New Orleans, performing as a backup singer with Allen Toussaint, James Booker, Patti Labelle, The Pointer Sisters, Neville Brothers, and Dr. John. From 1979 to 1983 she toured internationally with the musical One Mo' Time.[1] She collaborated with the Olympia Brass Band on a gospel record in 1980 and recorded her first jazz album in 1982. During her tours of Europe she began recording with groups in Norway and Denmark and married , with whom she formed the ensemble Music Friends.[1] She has performed frequently in New Orleans in addition to touring regularly in Europe, performing with Humphrey Lyttelton,[1] the , Chris Barber, Oscar Klein, , the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne, and Pee Wee Ellis.
Discography[]
- Music Is My Life (Timeless, 1985)
- I Sing Because I'm Happy (Timeless, 1985)
- A Fine Romance with Thomas L'Etienne (GHB, 1987)
- Lillian with Humphrey Lyttelton (Calligraph, 1988)
- Lipstick Traces with Christian Willisohn (Blues Beacon, 1991)
- The Gospel Book (Blues Beacon, 1993)
- The Jazz Book (Blues Beacon, 1994)
- But...Beautiful (Dinosaur Entertainment, 1996)
- Come Together with Christian Willisohn (Art by Heart, 1997)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who’s Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
Bibliography[]
- "Lillian Boutté". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. ISBN 978-0312113575
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