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Thanksgiving was a time of festive celebration on the Avenue, featuring performances by some of the biggest names in American music, like Dinah Washington, Lionel Hampton, and Wes Montgomery.

Among his many accomplishments, Steve Allee toured with jazz legend Buddy Rich as a teenager, co-founded the Baron Von Ohlen Quintet, and served as musical director for the Bob and Tom radio show.

During his career, bassist Kent Brinkley performed with some of the greatest legends of Indiana Avenue jazz, recorded with South African vocalist Miriam Makeba and appeared on Soul Train.

During the 1980s, Hal McGee and his former partner Debbie Jaffe recorded and released groundbreaking noise music and industrial music on an underground cassette label called Cause and Effect.

The Beatles were a big influence on many Avenue musicians. Enjoy an hour of Beatles compositions performed by Avenue musicians like Slide Hampton, Wes Montgomery, Freddie Hubbard, and more.

Indiana has produced many extraordinary women who’ve made important contributions to electronic music. This week, enjoy music and words from Priscilla Mclean, Suzanne Ciani, Hanna Benn and more.

This week we’ll be sharing an hour of classic Avenue Christmas music. Enjoy an hour of holiday music featuring Slide Hampton, Flo Garvin, Freddie Hubbard and more.

This week we're enjoying music from Santa Claus... Santa Claus, Indiana to be specific. We’ll look back on the work of the songwriter, music publisher and record producer Ray Scrivener.

Johnny Shacklett, one of Naptown's greatest living legends, joins us to share memories of working on the Avenue and to discuss the “Baraka”, a unique, four-neck guitar Johnny built in the late 1960s.

Native Sun is an Indianapolis group that combines elements of hip-hop and jazz. Their new album "Never Be King" features guest appearances from several local artists.