JACK GRASSEL & JILL JENSEN
Jill's voice is Victoria's Secret for the ears Jack is a musical shape-shifter
We are honored to accept nominations for 2023 WISCONSIN AREA MUSIC INDUSTRY (WAMI) AWARDS:
- FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR Jill Jensen, Primary Band: Jack and Jill Jazz
- JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR Jack Grassel Jill Jensen Duo, Primary Band: Jack and Jill Jazz
- SPECIALTY INSTRUMENT "Other", Jack Grassel ( THE TRIPLE-AX homemade 14 string triple neck )
SCHEDULE (private parties are not listed here)
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 4, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 11, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
LIBERTYVILLE VILLAGE HALL February 14, 1-2pm. 118 W. Cook Ave. Libertyville, Illinois
Jack - harmonica and guitar, Barry Wood - tenor saxophone, Leif Peterson - keyboard & voice. Valentines Day dance / concert.
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 18, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 25, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
EMPTY BOWLS Festival Hall, March 6, 11am -12:30pm, 5 Fifth Street, Racine, WI. 53403 Jack and Jill are celebrity servers at a community fund raiser to benefit Racine County Foodbank and Homeless Assistant Leadership Association. Huge variety of fine soups, breads and desserts from area restaurants. All you can eat. Handmade bowls from area artists. $15. info@emptybowlsracine.ort.
CON AMICI WINE BAR April 7, 7-9pm. 126 Third St. Baraboo WI. 53913
Jack and Jill onstage. Excellent acoustics. Comfortable seating. Free parking. Giant selection of of wines and fine alchohol from around the world. Free street parking. Jill sings a new variety of music. Jack plays triple neck, harmonica, keyboard and sings.
WOODLAND PATTERN CONCERT HALL April 20, 7pm. 720 E. Locust St. Milwaukee, WI.
Jack plays the banjolehle and his "homemade junk drum set featuring a 1948 Studebaker hubcap" with virtuoso soprano saxophonist Steve Nelson Raney. They have composed and performed music together for 45 years and will premier their recent new music.
Free street parking.
MUSIC AND MORE CONCERT SERIES, August 10, Noon-1pm, First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, WI. 53403.
Jack and Jill onstage with opening band.
CON AMICI WINE BAR November 3, 7-9pm. 126 Third St. Baraboo WI. 53913 Jack and Jill onstage. Excellent acoustics. Comfortable seating. Free parking. Giant selection of of wines and fine alchohol from around the world. Free parking on street in downtown Baraboo. Jack plays his triple neck, harmonica and keyboard.
THE JACK & JILL WINTER CONCERTS December 1, 7-9pm December 2, 2-4pm December 3, 2-4pm Racine, WI.
Enjoy the 8th annual series in an historic 1939 Racine, WIsconsin home. Arrive 30 minutes early for snacks and drinks (included).
Limit 22 per concert. Call Jill for info and advance tickets (required). 262 552 4012
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BOOKS, DVD Mr. Grassel's educational materials have been producing fine guitarists in colleges and high schools for decades.
Free postage - Click here: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/c2/music
GUITAR SEEDS, MONSTER CHOPS. BIG AX, SUPER AX, 131 AXERCISES, JAZZ RHYTHM GUITAR, TOP 20 JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS DVD and
POWER PRACTICING - The guide to motivation, self discipline and efficiency for all musicians
THE BRAIN TRAINING CD - Relaxing positive affirmations to increase the confidence and power of every musician.
LIVE SKYPE LESSONS Accelerate your learning online and raise your music to a higher level.
Click here for info on scheduling lessons: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/p356/Lesson-with-Jack-Grassel.html
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JACK AND JILL create exciting musical entertainment, a wide range of latin, jazz, blues and pop music. Reviews of the Jack and Jill Jazz CD include: "astonishing virtuosity...deep emotional engagement...swinging, tender, often exquisite performances by the appealing couple". It's About the Music garnered 4 WAMI award nominations: CD of the Year, Traditional Jazz Artists of the Year, Song of the Year, Jazz Artists of the Year.
2022 CONCERT VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1025374114844024
2018 BAR GIG VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/637315677/videos/10155816256130678/
2015 CONCERT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6HuaJtrAQ
READ THE SHEPHERD INTERVIEW: /local-music/jack-grassel-and-jill-jensen-break-the-silence/
DOWNLOAD MEDIA / BIO / CONCERT PROGRAM NOTES https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/medio-photos-program-bios.html
JILL has become an Olympic gymnast among jazz singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease.
She infuses her delivery with soulfulness, power and seduction. Jill's wide-ranging career includes modeling, narration and acting...
VIDEO - THE GEORGE FORMAN GRILL: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeForemanHealthyCooking/videos/10153340057546
TWO VIDEOS - THE JOE PERA SHOW:
Grocery store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVtPDUfRfs
Joe waits with you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1BK4JiDO4
JACK Guitar Player forging new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumental master of 7 instruments, composer, author & vocalist known for adventurous music, 21 CDs, 70 compositions, 23 books, Top 20 Jazz Guitar Lessons DVD, numerous awards and a legion of successful students. Studies with George Pritchett, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Wyble, George Van Epps, Dave Holland and Lloyd Garber fuel his sonic assault on the nonsensibilities of uncivilization with his arsenal of musical and unmusical sound sources.
17 VIDEOS (1964 - 2022) https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/videos.ht
VIDEO - SOLO ARCH TOP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtadaVqbnQ
VIDEO - JACK DEMOS HIS CUSTOM BUILT DAN SMOCKE GUITAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNT87SbRkYg&t=22s
VIDEO - WATCH JACK WRESTLE WITH HIS INSANE TRIPLE NECK GUITAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4HixLWg1Ks
VIDEO - REHARMONIZED REAL BOOK DEMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDGyMhq2SiY
READ THE JAZZ TIMES INTERVIEW: htps://jazztimes.com/reviews/books/jack-grassel-reharmonizes-the-real-book/
READ THE 2022 REVIEW OF THE VILLA TERRACE SOLO CONCERT: https://kevernacular.com/?p=1489
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 4, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 11, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
LIBERTYVILLE VILLAGE HALL February 14, 1-2pm. 118 W. Cook Ave. Libertyville, Illinois
Jack - harmonica and guitar, Barry Wood - tenor saxophone, Leif Peterson - keyboard & voice. Valentines Day dance / concert.
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 18, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
THE PFISTER HOTEL February 25, 6-10pm (The Mason Street Grill) 425 E. Mason St. Milwaukee, WI
Jack plays a Telecaster guitar & Steinway grand piano with bass virtuoso John Price
EMPTY BOWLS Festival Hall, March 6, 11am -12:30pm, 5 Fifth Street, Racine, WI. 53403 Jack and Jill are celebrity servers at a community fund raiser to benefit Racine County Foodbank and Homeless Assistant Leadership Association. Huge variety of fine soups, breads and desserts from area restaurants. All you can eat. Handmade bowls from area artists. $15. info@emptybowlsracine.ort.
CON AMICI WINE BAR April 7, 7-9pm. 126 Third St. Baraboo WI. 53913
Jack and Jill onstage. Excellent acoustics. Comfortable seating. Free parking. Giant selection of of wines and fine alchohol from around the world. Free street parking. Jill sings a new variety of music. Jack plays triple neck, harmonica, keyboard and sings.
WOODLAND PATTERN CONCERT HALL April 20, 7pm. 720 E. Locust St. Milwaukee, WI.
Jack plays the banjolehle and his "homemade junk drum set featuring a 1948 Studebaker hubcap" with virtuoso soprano saxophonist Steve Nelson Raney. They have composed and performed music together for 45 years and will premier their recent new music.
Free street parking.
MUSIC AND MORE CONCERT SERIES, August 10, Noon-1pm, First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, WI. 53403.
Jack and Jill onstage with opening band.
CON AMICI WINE BAR November 3, 7-9pm. 126 Third St. Baraboo WI. 53913 Jack and Jill onstage. Excellent acoustics. Comfortable seating. Free parking. Giant selection of of wines and fine alchohol from around the world. Free parking on street in downtown Baraboo. Jack plays his triple neck, harmonica and keyboard.
THE JACK & JILL WINTER CONCERTS December 1, 7-9pm December 2, 2-4pm December 3, 2-4pm Racine, WI.
Enjoy the 8th annual series in an historic 1939 Racine, WIsconsin home. Arrive 30 minutes early for snacks and drinks (included).
Limit 22 per concert. Call Jill for info and advance tickets (required). 262 552 4012
*****************************
BOOKS, DVD Mr. Grassel's educational materials have been producing fine guitarists in colleges and high schools for decades.
Free postage - Click here: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/c2/music
GUITAR SEEDS, MONSTER CHOPS. BIG AX, SUPER AX, 131 AXERCISES, JAZZ RHYTHM GUITAR, TOP 20 JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS DVD and
POWER PRACTICING - The guide to motivation, self discipline and efficiency for all musicians
THE BRAIN TRAINING CD - Relaxing positive affirmations to increase the confidence and power of every musician.
LIVE SKYPE LESSONS Accelerate your learning online and raise your music to a higher level.
Click here for info on scheduling lessons: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/p356/Lesson-with-Jack-Grassel.html
*****************************
JACK AND JILL create exciting musical entertainment, a wide range of latin, jazz, blues and pop music. Reviews of the Jack and Jill Jazz CD include: "astonishing virtuosity...deep emotional engagement...swinging, tender, often exquisite performances by the appealing couple". It's About the Music garnered 4 WAMI award nominations: CD of the Year, Traditional Jazz Artists of the Year, Song of the Year, Jazz Artists of the Year.
2022 CONCERT VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1025374114844024
2018 BAR GIG VIDEO: https://www.facebook.com/637315677/videos/10155816256130678/
2015 CONCERT VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6HuaJtrAQ
READ THE SHEPHERD INTERVIEW: /local-music/jack-grassel-and-jill-jensen-break-the-silence/
DOWNLOAD MEDIA / BIO / CONCERT PROGRAM NOTES https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/medio-photos-program-bios.html
JILL has become an Olympic gymnast among jazz singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease.
She infuses her delivery with soulfulness, power and seduction. Jill's wide-ranging career includes modeling, narration and acting...
VIDEO - THE GEORGE FORMAN GRILL: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeForemanHealthyCooking/videos/10153340057546
TWO VIDEOS - THE JOE PERA SHOW:
Grocery store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVtPDUfRfs
Joe waits with you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1BK4JiDO4
JACK Guitar Player forging new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumental master of 7 instruments, composer, author & vocalist known for adventurous music, 21 CDs, 70 compositions, 23 books, Top 20 Jazz Guitar Lessons DVD, numerous awards and a legion of successful students. Studies with George Pritchett, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Wyble, George Van Epps, Dave Holland and Lloyd Garber fuel his sonic assault on the nonsensibilities of uncivilization with his arsenal of musical and unmusical sound sources.
17 VIDEOS (1964 - 2022) https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/videos.ht
VIDEO - SOLO ARCH TOP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtadaVqbnQ
VIDEO - JACK DEMOS HIS CUSTOM BUILT DAN SMOCKE GUITAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNT87SbRkYg&t=22s
VIDEO - WATCH JACK WRESTLE WITH HIS INSANE TRIPLE NECK GUITAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4HixLWg1Ks
VIDEO - REHARMONIZED REAL BOOK DEMO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDGyMhq2SiY
READ THE JAZZ TIMES INTERVIEW: htps://jazztimes.com/reviews/books/jack-grassel-reharmonizes-the-real-book/
READ THE 2022 REVIEW OF THE VILLA TERRACE SOLO CONCERT: https://kevernacular.com/?p=1489
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