- Virtue Hampton Whitted
Virtue Hampton Whitted (b.
February 22 1922 ,Middletown, Ohio - d.January 17 2007 ,Indianapolis, Indiana ) was a jazz singer and bassist.In 1938 she moved to
Indianapolis, Indiana and later formed the Hampton Sisters with her two sisters. [ [http://www.jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/NEWS09/70118028 Journal and Courier Online] ] She became a major figure in Indianapolis's jazz community and the Hampton Sisters were inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz hall of fame in 1999. [ [http://www.indianapolisjazz.org/mainpages/hall_of_fame.htmIndiana Jazz Foundation] ]She died
January 17 2007 inIndianapolis, Indiana , aged 84, one week after suffering astroke . She was the mother of jazz trumpeterPharez Whitted and the sister of trombonistSlide Hampton .Web sources
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