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 , 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 Barrelhouse Jazz Band, Chris Barber, Oscar Klein, Dirk Raufeisen , the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne, and Pee Wee Ellis.