Wisconsin Area Music Industry (W.A.M.I.) Awards Team nominated Jill Jensen "2026 Female Vocalist of the Year"
The Wisconsin Area Music industry (W.A.M.I.) nominated The Jack Grassel/Jill Jensen Duo "2026 Original Band Act of the Year"
Jack and KEYBOARDIST/ VOCALIST Lief Peterson - private party: April 22 Music and More noon concert: Thursday TBA summer 2026: Jack and Jill onstage with 2 opening acts in First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, Wisconsin. Free will offering for 3 nonprofit organizations.
Villa Terrace courtyard concert: Sunday, August 16, 2026 10:30AM - 12:30pm Jack and Jill present a new show at Villa Terrace Art Museum, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. Free parking on street. IF IT RAINS the concert will be inside.
"Few voice and guitar duos in jazz history are on the level of Jack Grassel and Jill Jensen. They give a no-holds-barred entertaining and informative performance". On stage the couple displays their impressive improvising skills and telepathic interplay. The music is honest, aggressive and filled with creative surprises. Jack has refined his abilities to play melody, harmony and bass lines simultaneously on many instruments while singing. Jill sounds consistently beautiful while gliding through tricky melodies and complex chord changes with ease. The result is a very big sound from two people." ( reviewer Scott Yanow) Mike Mueller of Guitar One Magazine included Jack in the March 2000 ISSUE: "One of the 10 Best Guitarists in the United States (You probably Don't know)."
In 1986 Jack created The Occupational music degree program at Milwaukee Area Technical college giving musicians employable skills and transferable college credits. In 1973 He helped design the Jazz degree program at Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. These two music schools created a legion of professional musicians.
