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Charlie Ballantine’s career as a jazz
guitarist would’ve been more convenient in New Orleans or New York City, where clubs to perform in and musicians to perform with are more plentiful. But those jazz-rich cities aren’t home to him. Ballantine, a 2013 graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, grew up in Indiana, splitting his time between Syracuse and Indianapolis. And now, even as his music receives national acclaim, Ballantine has no plans to leave.
It’s his Midwestern roots and the influence of his father, longtime Indianapolis guitarist Scott Ballantine, that the younger Ballantine credits for his sound a fusion between jazz, rock, and folk. He also credits his success to the Indianapolis jazz community that has embraced him and his six albums. (The most recent,
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