Description

Chatham Arch resident Aleta Hodge has penned a new book that celebrates the lauded history of jazz and other musicians of Indiana Avenue, her family and the African American neighborhood that molded her.

Indiana Avenue – Life and Musical Journey from 1915 to 2015 shows the robust legacy of music including ragtime, blues, jazz, spiritual, bebop, doo wop, Motown, opera and hip hop.

A diverse array of Indiana music legends are represented, including Wes Montgomery, J.J. Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, The Ink Spots, David Baker, Slide Hampton, Hoagy Carmichael, Angela Brown and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds.