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Jennifer Batten is an American musician who is best known for her work as a lead guitarist for Michael Jackson. She was born on November 29, 1957 in New York City, New York, United States. She is 63 years old as of 2021.
Batten began playing guitar at the age of 11 and was inspired by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and Jeff Beck. She attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1981.
Batten has released three solo albums, Above, Below, and Beyond (1993), Momentum (1998), and Whatever (2003). She has also released two instructional videos, Rock Guitar Improvisation (1995) and Rock Guitar Performance (1996).
Batten has toured with Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck, and Steve Vai. She has also performed with artists such as Elton John, Billy Idol, and Stevie Nicks.
Batten has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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Musician · songwriter · producer · filmmaker · visual artist |
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66 years old |
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Sagittarius |
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29 November, 1957 |
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29 November |
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New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Jennifer Batten Height, Weight & Measurements
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Jennifer Batten Net Worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
In 2019 she worked with Rodrigo Teaser, Michael Jackson's cover with the biggest tribute in the world, on special tribute edition: "10 years without Michael Jackson". This show had Jennifer and Lavelle Smith Jr, Michael Jackson choreographer and dancer for more than 20 years. In March/April 2020, she and Lavelle will do the first USA Tour of Rodrigo Teaser, with special shows that will be on places like Apollo Theater and Chevalier Theatre, the tickets are online and selling fast!
She partnered on a melodic rock CD with vocalist Marc Scherer and producer Jim Peterik (formerly of Survivor) which was released in September 2017, entitled BattleZone. All songs were written or co-written by Peterik. Special guests included saxophonist Mindi Abair and Chicago vocalist Bill Champlain. The song "Space and Time" was co-written with John Wetton, and "All Roads" was co-written with Sammy Hagar. Batten made videos for all songs on her YouTube channel.
Her work was given the "She Rocks Icon Award" in January 2016.
In November 2011, Batten was featured on BBC Radio 4's series Joan Armatrading's More Guitar Favourites.
In 2010 she recorded a solo for the song "Bad Girls" by Polish singer Doda.
Batten has appeared on recordings such as Jeff Beck's Who Else! (1999) and You Had It Coming (2001), and Michael Sembello's Heavy Weather (1992). Her music video appearances include Jeff Beck ("Live in Japan"), Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" ("Come Together"), Natalie Cole ("Wild Women Do"), and Sara Hickman's "Take It Like a Man" and Miguel Mateos's "Obsesión".
Between 1994 and 1999 Batten worked with Dave Rodgers and Domino as featured guitarist on the Eurobeat songs "Sun City", "Music For the People", "Fly" and "Woa Woa Woa." Her writing and performing is uncredited on several other songs under the A-Beat C label. Her live Eurobeat appearances were limited to playing at the Tokyo Dome with Rodgers and Queen of Hearts.
Batten played lead guitar and rhythm guitar on Michael Jackson's Bad (1987–1989), Dangerous (1992) and HIStory (1996–1997) world tours, and on his 1993 Super Bowl halftime performance, which was aired to over 1.3 billion people in 86 countries, the largest audience in television history for a live music performance. She was in Jeff Beck's touring band for three years starting in 1999, and appears on his albums Who Else! (1999) and You Had It Coming.
Batten started to experiment with the two-handed tapping technique in 1978, having been inspired by Guitar Institute of Technology classmate Steve Lynch (who ended up playing for the band Autograph) while attending the Musicians Institute.
Jennifer Batten (born November 29, 1957) is an American guitarist who has worked as a session musician and solo artist. From 1987 to 1997 she 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.
