Jennifer Batten
| Jennifer Batten | |
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Batten on stage in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Born |
November 29, 1957 New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Instrumental rock, jazz fusion, hard rock, electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, visual artist |
| Instruments | Guitar, guitar synthesizer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Voss, East West, Lion |
| Associated acts | Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck |
| Website | jenniferbatten.com |
| Notable instruments | |
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Washburn JB-100 Parker Bronze Fly Line 6 JTV-69 Variax |
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Jennifer Batten (born November 29, 1957) is an American guitarist who has worked as a session musician and solo artist. From 1987 to 1997 Batten played in all three of Michael Jackson's world tours, and from 1999 to 2001 she toured and recorded with Jeff Beck. She has released three studio albums: her 1992 debut, Above Below and Beyond (produced by former Stevie Wonder guitarist Michael Sembello), the worldbeat-influenced Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage: Momentum in 1997, and Whatever, which was released on CD and DVD in Japan in September 2007 and worldwide in April 2008.
She authored two music books: Two Hand Rock (published by Hal Leonard) and The Transcribed Guitar Solos of Peter Sprague.
Away from music Batten enjoys creating stained glass art.
Batten began to play guitar at the age of 8 when her father bought her a "killer red and blue electric". Her early influences came from The Beatles, BB King, Lightnin' Hopkins and Jeff Beck.
Batten started to experiment with "2 handed tapping technique" from classmate Steve Lynch while attending the Musicians Institute in 1978.
Batten has appeared on recordings such as Jeff Beck's Who Else! (1999) and You Had It Coming (2001), Michael Sembello's Heavy Weather (1992), Bret Helm's "Doc Tahri" and the debut of The Immigrants. Her music video appearances include Jeff Beck (Live in Japan), Michael Jackson (Moonwalker-"Come Together"), Natalie Cole-"Wild Women Do", Sara Hickman and Miguel Mateos's "Obsesión".
Batten played lead and rhythm guitar on Michael Jackson's Bad (1987–1989), Dangerous (1992) and HIStory (1996–1997) world tours, and on his 1993 Super Bowl half-time performance, which was aired to 1.5 billion people in 80 nations (the largest audience in television history).
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