Lara Tupper, vocalist, studied jazz at Wesleyan University and for six years held performance residencies in Thailand, Japan, China and the United Arab Emirates for Hilton Hotels International. (For further details, Harcourt published her autobiographical novel, A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, about singers performing overseas.) It is her tremendous privilege to interpret jazz and pop standards in fabulous shoes in candlelit places. She has taught at Rutgers University, NYU and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, but perhaps her proudest achievement is serving in Barry Manilow’s back up choir for his Greatest Hits and Then Some tour. She remains a devoted Fanilow.
Lara is indebted to Jesse Luke and Bobby Sweet for bringing these songs to light.
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