Lillian boutte biography
- Lillian Theresa Boutté (born August 6, 1949, New Orleans) is an American jazz singer.
- Boutte appeared as an actress and singer in the musical One Mo' Time during 1979-1984, recorded a gospel album with the Olympia Brass Band in 1980, and in 1982.
- Born 6 August 1949 in New Orleans, where she grew up with ten brothers and sisters.
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Lillian Boutté
@ the 606 Club
23 November 2014
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Biography
When singer Lillian Boutté was named “New Orleans Musical Ambassador” in 1986, she was the second jazz legend in the city's history to be accorded this honour - the first having been none other than Louis Armstrong.
It has always been Boutté’s driving desire to bring the musical heartbeat of her home town nearer to the ears of the world. Over a period of 15 years and with the help of 17 albums featuring jazz, pop, blues, soul and gospel, she has succeeded in conveying the city’s unique atmosphere to an international audience. During the last 13 years, she has been touring almost nonstop, doing concerts, club dates and festivals all over the world.
Music was Bouttés life right from the start. At the tender age of 11, she won her first singing contest. During her musical studies at New Orleans’ Xavier University, she sang in the gospel choir, before being discovered by Allen Toussaint, who used her as a background singer whe
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Lillian Theresa Boutté is one of the most versatile traditional jazz singers, who excels in the performance of gospel, blues, ballads, and rhythm-and-blues.
Her ability to adapt to many different styles has had her compared to such greats as Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, "Big Mama" Thornton, Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson.
Her close friend and associate Dr. Martin Luther King spoke of her: "A voice like this comes once in a millenium".
Born 6 August 1949 in New Orleans, where she grew up with ten brothers and sisters. She is a hairdresser by profession. Mother Gloria Boutté (hairdresser). Father George Boutté, (supervisor at a postoffice, barber).
She was a member of the Golden Voices Choir at an early age and studied music therapy at Xavier University of Louisiana. At the age of eleven she won her first singing contest.
Known locally as a talented gospel singer, she began her professional career in 1973, and soon extended her repertoire into jazz, r&b, swing and blues. She recorded with Allen Toussaint, Lee Dorsey, Dr. John, M
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Lillian Boutté
American jazz singer (born 1949)
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 Thomas L'Etienne [de], 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&
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