Wisconsin Area Music Industry (W.A.M.I.) 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"
March 17 and April 22: Private Parties Jack with Keyboardist /Vocalist Leif Peterson July 30: Thursday Noon: MUSIC & MORE Concert series First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, Wisconsin Jack and Jill onstage with 2 opening acts. Free will offering for non profit organizations. This church was a stop on the underground railroad for slaves fleeing north. Make an appointment to tour the basement hiding place (free by apointment only made at least two weeks in advance.)
August 16: Sunday, 10:30-12:30, VILLA TERRACE ART MUSEUM CONCERT SERIES 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202. Jack and Jill in concert. Free parking on street. If foul weather, 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: The readers voted Jack "One of the 10 Best Guitarists in the United States (You probably Don't know)." They take bookings in wisconsin Illinois and Minnesota, but no longer in Mexico and Guatamala.
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.
