Jennifer Batten

The buzz on Jennifer Batten rose from the guitar underground, enticing the guitar magazines to track her down and chronicle her savvy musicianship and highly original approach to the electric guitar, in print. On GPM's premier compilat

The buzz on Jennifer Batten rose from the guitar underground, enticing the guitar magazines to track her down and chronicle her savvy musicianship and highly original approach to the electric guitar, in print. On GPM's premier compilation CD, John Stix wrote, "It was Jennifer's version of John 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 6 different bands, playing everything from straight ahead rock, to metal, to fusion, to funk. A major turning point came when she was selected from over 100 guitarists to play in Michael Jackson's highly skilled band which toured the world for 1 1/2 years playing for over 4.5 million people on his first solo tour. In the following years she joined Michael on his "Dangerous Tour" as well as '97's "HIS tory Tour", traveling to such countries as South Africa and India. She also joined him in Superbowl 27's half time entertainment which aired to the largest audience in television history.(1 1/2 billion)