Jennifer Batten: Live in Blue Note

[@teacuppermike2568]

I saw Jen in a club in the early ‘90s. She had our jaws on the floor. She chatted with us outside between sets and was so laid back. I saw her twice after that when she was in Jeff’s band, and she played all those Hammer lines on guitar. Dedicated artist. Stellar player.

[@martinsutlovich144]

When Jenny first arrived on the scene many many years ago she played a set at GIT in Hollywood and tore a new one in every shredder in the room the guys watching couldn't believe what they heard no one and I mean NO ONE there had ever heard a chick play guitar on that level and with balls as big as any dude she was and is an incredible talent.

[@summergivens242]

Got a chance to see her twice while with Jeff Beck. Awesome shows !

[@jackmeginniss6327]

She continues to grow musically. Definitely an inspiration.

[@robertpatterson3406]

In my opinion she is THE very best female guitarist on the planet .

[@zeb4562]

In my opinion too.... She's great.... And very kind person too....

[@MangkhochonSingson]

If u r right no one's to argue u😅😅

[@charliepoe4935]

I would vote for Gretchen Menn because she's also unmatched in acoustic guitar. But, IDK, there's probably some woman out there no one's ever heard of who'd crush'em both.

[@robertpatterson3406]

@@charliepoe4935 I have not heard of her but she would have to be smoking hot to top Jennifer , Im not arguing that Jennifer is the best , just the best I have ever heard .

[@charliepoe4935]

​@@robertpatterson3406She's the guitarist for Zepparella, an all-female Led Zeppelin cover band. But she also has her own music. Search her up!

[@MrBlueshammer]

im growing old and discovering too many interesting things ....such as this rocking lady.Hats off to Jennifer Batten \m/

[@philmoseley2259]

+MrBlueshammer Me too - youtube has been great for me to hear music I could never have heard before the YT generation. If we had the internet 40 years ago I would have been a much better musician, for sure.

[@MrBlueshammer]

indeed you would. but im sure you have great taste as well as ears which many YT kids lack for :D

[@AriannaEuryaleMusic]

She was Michael Jackson`s official guitar player

[@hapkrs]

the drummer is killing it. jennifer batten amazing

[@josephphillips9485]

The greatest women guitarist that will give any male guitarist a run for the money,but she'd end up with all the cash,great great great,Jen, I love your work

[@runrunrun6777]

This is one of the best clips of Jennifer on YT. I wish the entire gig was available.

[@johnmcminn9455]

Jennifer's musicianship is so strong , it transcends technique

[@gregggaldo9181]

The first time I saw J.B. ....was at G.I.T. ....late 80's....I didn't know who she was....she did "Flight Of The Bumblebee"....all two handed....blew me away...had her as a teacher at M.I. when I attended the year course....loved her then....MORE so now!!!!....she'll ALWAYS be one of my FAVES!!!....

[@markusantonio4866]

That's a cool story. She lives in Portland Or, and 6 years ago she had her custom guitar stolen, and it was on the local news. I don't know if she found it.

[@marymorris8442]

@@markusantonio4866 I hope so, who ever stole it probably can't even tune the darn thing. Assholes are among us...

[@斑目武-d1y]

She is great musician. I respect her.

[@davidleavesley4925]

Outstanding! Beautiful timing, rhythm and feel! This is a brilliant example of a true artist.

[@johnmcminn9455]

Well stated

[@mikefitzpatrick5284]

Every time I hear her the more I'm impressed by her talent! She's awesome!!

[@macriphoto]

Freeway Jam. Excellent Jennifer...!

[@sebs2306live2]

WOW...and after just watching Nili Brosh on YT. Jennifer is frickin' amazing ! The Beck phrasing mixed with bursts of technical and tasty shredding !

[@robertomighty4562]

DANG! Wow, she's killin' it. Rock on, Jennifer.

[@JFK1180]

Great playing from Jennifer Batten! Really like her playing.

[@merc1110]

I am an instant fan- love it!

[@snapfinger1]

Just another night at the Blue Note ? Not. Few if any guitarists should attempt this cover but Ms. JB is genuine royalty. Shazam !

[@cindydufala7646]

Wow. Thanks Marc. She's fabulous.

[@stevemorse108]

I didn't know she had played with Jeff Beck but having read it bellow it makes perfect sense ...very free flowing and soulful.

[@jersonardila-ig7bb]

" para mí es la mejor guitarrista femenina del mundo, mantiene su esencia musical de su época, mejor que esto no hay.! " ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️💘💘💘💘💘💘💘❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💗💗💗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@alemalia6888]

hi madam alem from nagaland dimapur india here...do u still remember when we jammed at upstairs ..2013 ,,,is still miss that vibe...great to see you are still rocking ...godspeed ...take care ......hp to see u again in the future

[@naiya7067]

She's such a RAD player! The little riff at 3:26 holy SHIT.

[@ВасилийКукушкин-з9э]

Was really amazed by her talent back in the days at Digitech Workstation (GNX2, heh) presentation in Moscow! )

[@garyermoloff3544]

Jennifer is as aspiring a guitarist as Jeff Beck and Steve Vai, all legends and unique!

[@minnihapy2722]

Aspiring???? What the hell

[@danielerambelliguitar6119]

Amazing Mixolydian performance!

[@oakenshanks]

dang woman!!! your tone is awesome!

[@wolfgang4136]

She’s just cool... always has been👍👍👍

[@jocargua]

I would like an album with Jennifer and Mosfet, together. Playing self songs.

[@jorhay1]

Tone, Taste, Technique, and Soul

[@carlolf]

oh yeah, well done - standing on the shoulder of a master!

[@johnmcminn9455]

Jan Hammer and Jeff Beck Check out the song "Cruisin" Al DiMeola tour de force Jan toured with DiMeola before Beck

[@blerpahuitelnak]

JB starts of with freeway jam by the other JB, love it! 😊

[@javier51930]

OMG! Russell Crowe with Jennifer Batter.

[@philippequillon8994]

Respects to the Madam !!!!!

[@m.christopher8824]

Jennifer batten is one of the few people who can even try and play Jeff Beck's music. And not make a fool of herself. Jeff Beck (🐐) himself used to say how fantastic she was!

[@panicandfreakout-]

Jeff Beck's Spirit is channeling through Jennifer

[@errtrainer]

Her Majesty. Period.

[@brittenlindahl7083]

Grymt 🎶❤️

[@KingTabor]

great video!

[@spookybaba]

Nice, smooth licks! 👍

[@marcusobrian4617]

I got to see her play with Jeff Beck. He seemed to sit back and let her play the shit out of his material. For real. She was playing the majority of the solos. He seemed to love playing the fills.

[@panicandfreakout-]

WHAT KILLER TONE !!!!!!

[@badbillybrookes]

Living the dream !

[@ladyashephd727]

Amazing !!

[@j.franciscoarroba2453]

she rocks!!

[@darthslagle5979]

Her solo stuff has always had a Joe Satriani flavor to it. Good guitarist.

[@ernestberry5226]

great stuff. go lady!

[@jotasegura-jotaguitar3088]

Brutal! 🤙🏼💜🐠☀🌊🙏👽😍🌴

[@nappendal77]

Awesome guitarist Jennifer Batten and played great! masks too and heavy wig to do suit ;)

[@xristospier3602]

SIMPLY THE BEST !!!!

[@michel.laplanche.63]

Fantastic

[@wolfgang4136]

She has always kicked ass!!

[@robertmatthews5739]

She’s cool!

[@mastertemple8369]

What a tone!!

[@COTG666]

She is a legend.

[@im4out]

Very cool

[@tonyflorez703]

Yes Shes a beast🤟!

[@elikipreos9007]

A real trail blazer if ever there was one

[@maartenpostmazwolle]

Wat een top-meid !!! Geweldig!!!

[@kimhong5007]

Good 👍🎸guitarist i have ever seen .

[@stepitup5409]

There is no one like her..... BECK OH YEAH

[@GhostHuntersFriesland]

When you go beast mode!

[@modernwave7624]

This chick is so bad ass. Love her.

[@ARATA_RED]

Jen rocks!

[@ellonysman]

Woa, Jennifer...playing a Strat! \jeff getting to you finally? lol

[@poulentas]

@@nathanlibertyreal Line6 guitars are made by Yamaha. Any amp Yamaha produces are Line6.

[@gunayaliyeva9016]

woow😍

[@richardroskell3452]

Awesome, even considering Jeff Beck!

[@JacoZawinul]

Song Title: Freeway Jam.

[@mishagasparovsky196]

This lady rules

[@adrianahermosillo-it7jk]

Wau gril guitar alon

[@michailkoumpas7245]

the best!!!

[@martyhonaker4963]

She is great if i could play she is the one i would try to imitate.

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

34 years ago I regularly sat in a guitar lab at MI and watched and jammed with her. I hadn’t heard a note from her after I left MI until watching another video of her a weeks ago. At that time she was known for her expertise in this new-fangled tapping thang - a sort of Van Halen finger magic but on steroids. 😂 At that time Frank Gambali was there too and everyone was doing these things he called “sweeps”. 😂 Paul Gilbert was also there doing this schtick where he would play lighting fast licks using a Dremel drill with picks attached. 😂 Oh, and then there was Scott Henderson, a guy with a complete shit attitude who literally got fired from one of the most prestigious gigs in the world for telling Chick Corea to go fuck himself. Gambali took over mid tour shitting himself ... lamenting to a group of us in a guitar lab one day that his sight-reading sucked shit and Chick’s music was insanely hard. 😂😂

[@alikazan7507]

bravo jannifier

[@Samos12]

Wow.

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

it has a very satriani vibe to it

[@НиколайМальцев-э1у]

🤘🙏

[@davidraymer397]

You can hear her love of Jeff Beck in her playing.

[@清水裕則]

かっこいい

[@SpiritOfRadio1988]

If you played me this without telling me who the player is, i would have said its Jeff Beck☺️

[@ronsmith4281]

I noticed that it's a variax guitar but which model I wonder?Suppose it USA made?

[@MICKLEPICKLE1750]

JTV 69 with unknown custom magnetic pickups

[@bartman1850]

From Jeff Beck's Wired album

[@paulmorrison4338]

blow by blow

[@nguyendquy]

😁👍

[@peterwierzbic7218]

she fucking rocks

[@wadekresak2149]

Jeff Beck is diggin it.

[@antson6969]

Jennifer batten is one cool lady... I'd love to play with her...

[@mrbojangle6118]

I don't understand why michael didn't ask to play on any of his albums.

[@MrGregier]

Batten's playing and soloing sounds much looser and playful since she played with Jeff Beck. Or is it just me?

[@bernhardtsen74]

before that she played a lot of allan holdsworth legato style!!!

[@p6x2]

It's just you... seriously, I purchased all her music when she toured with Mickey. I never really got it. She is an admirable guitar player, virtuoso, but her music is very peculiar.

[@mikewaggoner4016]

You are correct , sir !

[@alexplorer]

Absolutely right! Someone mentioned Beck's influence in another video, and I didn't hear it there, but it's all over this piece. In particular, she definitely adopted his approach to pitch-bending with the trem. It's not like she was ever afraid of a whammy bar before, but back then it was dive-bombs and other '80s flourishes. Now she's using it to accent every note in a phrase like she's playing slide. I've never heard anyone but Jeff Beck do it as much or as well. She is just as good at it already. It's an inspiration to see someone who could just stick to what they are good at/known for who instead keeps adding to their musical vocabulary and continues to grow as an artist!

[@loudmouthnewyorker2803]

100% yes. You can heard it particularly at 3:17 when she hits the whammy. Very similar to JB indeed.

[@jamesha175]

she is Jeff Beck Jr.

[@DonaldHolben]

Freeway jam??

[@trjb1767]

easier to listen to than Beck. melody and flow

[@autk]

It's his melody she's riffing on Freeway Jam...she's great...only 1 JB tho.

[@edgalicki1550]

You mean live with Jan Hammer band?

[@VStrom2019]

The female Jeff Beck 👏👏👏

[@KevinLambguitar]

!!!!!!!!!

[@bartman1850]

Freeway Jam

[@sixslinger9951]

the riff at 1:16 to 1:24 is tasty

[@DogDays2025]

Is that a strat she’s playing...?

[@320parks8]

did ya'll hear what mama said ? so choice. so cherry bomb !