- Jennifer Batten
Jennifer Batten is an American
guitarist who first received word-of-mouth attention that eventually ledguitar magazine s to take notice of her highly original approach to theelectric guitar . On "Guitar Player Monthly"' s premier compilationCD , John Stix wrote, "It was Jennifer's version ofJohn Coltrane 's "Giant Steps" that was considered by her peers the "scariest and most requested cut on the disc."At one point Batten was in six different bands playing many genres including rock, metal, fusion and funk. She was selected from over 100 guitarists to play in
Michael Jackson 's band on his one and a half year world tour. She played for a total of 4.5 million people on Jackson's first solo tour, the Bad Tour. In the following years she joined Michael on his "Dangerous Tour" as well as 1997's "HIStory Tour", traveling to such countries asSouth Africa andIndia . She also joined him inSuper Bowl XXVII 's half time entertainment which aired to the largest audience in television history (1.5 billion).Fact|date=May 2008Following 1989's "Bad Tour" grand finale, she started work on her debut album with renowned producer (ex-
Stevie Wonder guitarist)Michael Sembello (Sembello also wrote and performed the hit song "Maniac", which was featured in the soundtrack for the film "Flashdance "). The results can be heard on "Above, Below, and Beyond". Her second solo record, "Jennifer Batten's Tribal Rage", was released in 1997 and is heavily influenced byworld music .In 1998Jeff Beck asked Jennifer to join his band. She spent three years recording and touring in support of his albums "Who Else!", and "You Had It Coming". Tour dates included many dates with Sting.Guest recordings include: Jeff Beck's "Who Else" and "You Had It Coming",
Carmine Appice 's "Guitar Zeus" (featuringBrian May ), Michael Sembellos' "Heavy Weather" , Carl Anderson's "Sunlight Again", Cindy Cruz's debut, Public Imagebassist Bret Helm's "Doc Tahri" and the debut of The Immigrants.Music video appearances include Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson,Natalie Cole andSara Hickman . She was also featured in "Hot Guitarist's" video magazine.
Between 1994 and 1999 she also joined for a feweurobeat songs toDave Rodgers andDomino ; "Sun City", "Music For the People", "Fly" and "Woa Woa Woa" feature her guitars. However, though uncredited, her writing and performing skills appear in several other songs under theA-Beat C label. Live Eurobeat appearances are limited to playing at theTokyo Dome with Dave Rodgers and Queen of Hearts.She's also authored two music books. Her third solo album, "Whatever.", was released in Japan in September 2007 and will be available in the U.S. soon.
Discography
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Above Below And Beyond " (1992)
*"" (1997)
*"Whatever" (2007)External links
* [http://www.jenniferbatten.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jenniferbatten Official Myspace Profile]
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