August 16: Sunday concert, 10:30am-12:30pm, VILLA TERRACE ART MUSEUM and Gardens 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. phone: 414-293-5678 Jack and Jill with a new show. Courtyard CONCERT with excellent acoustics. Free parking on street. If foul weather, the concert will be inside.
Giant Steps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A8BRmW1tag Last Dance of the Samurai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4HixLWg1Ks Jack with drummer Kevin Hayden "Few voice and guitar duos in history are on the level of Jack Grassel and Jill Jensen. They give a no-holds-barred entertaining jazz and blues performance using familiar pop tunes to display 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: readers voted Jack "One of the 10 Best Guitarists in the United States (You probably Don't know)." When James Brown's drummer Clyde Stubblefield moved to Wisconsin and Wes Montgomery's organist Melvin Rhyne moved to Wisconsin, Jack played many concerts and bar gigs with them and drummer Louis Bellson. Mr. Grassel studied guitar with Tal Farlow, Jimmy Wyble, George Van Eps, George Pritchett, and Billy Bauer. He studied improvisation with bassist Dave Holland,guitarist Lloyd Garber and saxophonist Joe Daley.
Jack and Jill book concerts and seminars in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. Jack and Jill present many theme programs for a variety of audiences.