Dawn Hampton

b. 1928, Middletown, Ohio, USA. Hampton gained much of her interest in music from her father who was the leader of a territory band, Deacon HamptonGÇÖs Pickaninnys, in which several members of the Hampton family played. Youngest of her 11 siblings is trombonist Slide Hampton. From the age of three, she worked with the family band and vaudeville act. After the end of World War II, the band reunited to form a 14-piece group, nine of whom were family members. As the band toured under the leadership of another brother, Duke Hampton, she played alto and tenor saxophones, sang and d...