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JILL JENSEN is well known for delighting audiences as a vocalist, actress and television personality. Ms Jensen "has become an Olympic gymnast among singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease. She infuses her delivery with power, soulfulness, and seduction" as heard on her 5 CDs. As a TV personality she is seen on the second season of The Joe Pera Show, in The Culvers Lent promotion and on Froedtert Hospital billboards and TV commercials,
For 9 years she electrified theFROEDERT \HOSPITAL, cULVERS, Shaeffer Pontiac and George Forman Grill commercials.
JACK GRASSEL remains a positive force on the musical landscape. His first paid concert at age five initiated a career of over 15,000 performances, many with name artists such as Luciano pavarotti. Bob Hope, lucas Foss, and Tom Jones, Percy Faith. Vic Damone, jOHN RAITT, jERRY vALE, Lana Cantrell, Mamie van doren, Nancy Wilson, Doc severensen Fabian, Al Martino, Bobby Vinton, sERGIO FRANCHI, Louis Bellson, Jimmie Rodgers Trini Lopez, Donna Fargo, The Jimmy Dorsey orchestra, jIMMY RODGERS, Barry HARRIS, bERKLEY fUDGE, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Lucas Foss, and the Milwaukee symphony and countless other name artists during their Milwaukee stops: His extraordinary abilities including "perfect pitch" enable him to forge new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist. He is known worldwide for his 21 CDs, 70 compositions, 12 industry awards, 23 guitar instruction books and a legion of successful students. Mr. Grassel's study with bassist Dave Holland,guitarists, rOSEMARY cLOONEY, dENNIS dAY, cAROL cHANNING, sLIDE hAMPTON, Rita Moreno, pHYLIS nEWMAN, gLORIA lORING, rITCHIE cOLE, jUNE vALLIE, Tal Farlow, Jimmy hAROLD jONES, mARLENA sHAW, JimmyWyble.George Pritchett, Lloyd Garber, George Van Eps and ground-breaking saxophonists Joe Daley,Emile De Cosmo and Joe Daley "fuel Jack's sonic assault on civilization". He respects the history of music while creating it's future with an arsenal of instruments, often 2 or 3 simultaneously, expanding Les Paul's ideas into the next century. He played in the orchestras for many Broadway shows: Hello Dolly with Carol Channing, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well. tIMBUKTU WITH eARTHA kITT, aNNIE WITH sARAH jESSICA pArker, Island with Chad Mitchell, Fiddler on the roof with Theodore Bikel, Buddy Montgoery, Barry Harris,Melvin Rhyne, John Scofield, Morton Gould, Paul Wertico, Rufus Ried, Anna Marie Alberghetti, Barry Williams, Jerry Vale, Jerry Van Dyke, Helen O'Connell, John gary, Henny Youngman. Bob Hope, AND Michael Feinstein and Roger Williams.
JACK AND JILL teamed up in 1998 when vocalist Jill Jensen was added to Jack Grassel's band. The magic between them was apparent and they soon married SETTLING IN rACINE,wISCONSIN while PERFORMING AROUND THE united Statesmexico AND GUATAMALA. She recalls, "Now it's just the two of us since Jack has evolved into an entire band, mastering MANY instruments, creating a big sound. He says, "Making music with someone I love expands the dimensions of my music." Reviews of their CDs include: "astonishing virtuosity...deep emotional engagement...swinging, exquisite performances by the appealing couple". It's About the Music garnered WAMI nominations: CD of the Year & Jazz Artists of the Year".
JACK'S INSTRUMENTS:
Jack requires special instruments to create his unique musical vision. He built his instruments. The "triple neck" is his invention which took 1 year to build, fusing 3 finger boards (mandolin, guitar and bass) to one instrument body. He also plays chromatic and diatonic harmonicas, nylon string classical guitar, soprano and bass ukulehle, 4 string tenor banjo and an electric keyboard containing piano, vibes, marimba, pan flute, jazz organ and a multi-voice choir.
JILL JENSEN is well known for delighting audiences as a vocalist, actress and television personality. Ms Jensen "has become an Olympic gymnast among singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease. She infuses her delivery with power, soulfulness, and seduction" as heard on her 5 CDs. As a TV personality she is seen on the second season of The Joe Pera Show, in The Culvers Lent promotion and on Froedtert Hospital billboards and TV commercials,
For 9 years she electrified theFROEDERT \HOSPITAL, cULVERS, Shaeffer Pontiac and George Forman Grill commercials.
JACK GRASSEL remains a positive force on the musical landscape. His first paid concert at age five initiated a career of over 15,000 performances, many with name artists such as Luciano pavarotti. Bob Hope, lucas Foss, and Tom Jones, Percy Faith. Vic Damone, jOHN RAITT, jERRY vALE, Lana Cantrell, Mamie van doren, Nancy Wilson, Doc severensen Fabian, Al Martino, Bobby Vinton, sERGIO FRANCHI, Louis Bellson, Jimmie Rodgers Trini Lopez, Donna Fargo, The Jimmy Dorsey orchestra, jIMMY RODGERS, Barry HARRIS, bERKLEY fUDGE, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Lucas Foss, and the Milwaukee symphony and countless other name artists during their Milwaukee stops: His extraordinary abilities including "perfect pitch" enable him to forge new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist. He is known worldwide for his 21 CDs, 70 compositions, 12 industry awards, 23 guitar instruction books and a legion of successful students. Mr. Grassel's study with bassist Dave Holland,guitarists, rOSEMARY cLOONEY, dENNIS dAY, cAROL cHANNING, sLIDE hAMPTON, Rita Moreno, pHYLIS nEWMAN, gLORIA lORING, rITCHIE cOLE, jUNE vALLIE, Tal Farlow, Jimmy hAROLD jONES, mARLENA sHAW, JimmyWyble.George Pritchett, Lloyd Garber, George Van Eps and ground-breaking saxophonists Joe Daley,Emile De Cosmo and Joe Daley "fuel Jack's sonic assault on civilization". He respects the history of music while creating it's future with an arsenal of instruments, often 2 or 3 simultaneously, expanding Les Paul's ideas into the next century. He played in the orchestras for many Broadway shows: Hello Dolly with Carol Channing, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well. tIMBUKTU WITH eARTHA kITT, aNNIE WITH sARAH jESSICA pArker, Island with Chad Mitchell, Fiddler on the roof with Theodore Bikel, Buddy Montgoery, Barry Harris,Melvin Rhyne, John Scofield, Morton Gould, Paul Wertico, Rufus Ried, Anna Marie Alberghetti, Barry Williams, Jerry Vale, Jerry Van Dyke, Helen O'Connell, John gary, Henny Youngman. Bob Hope, AND Michael Feinstein and Roger Williams.
JACK AND JILL teamed up in 1998 when vocalist Jill Jensen was added to Jack Grassel's band. The magic between them was apparent and they soon married SETTLING IN rACINE,wISCONSIN while PERFORMING AROUND THE united Statesmexico AND GUATAMALA. She recalls, "Now it's just the two of us since Jack has evolved into an entire band, mastering MANY instruments, creating a big sound. He says, "Making music with someone I love expands the dimensions of my music." Reviews of their CDs include: "astonishing virtuosity...deep emotional engagement...swinging, exquisite performances by the appealing couple". It's About the Music garnered WAMI nominations: CD of the Year & Jazz Artists of the Year".
JACK'S INSTRUMENTS:
Jack requires special instruments to create his unique musical vision. He built his instruments. The "triple neck" is his invention which took 1 year to build, fusing 3 finger boards (mandolin, guitar and bass) to one instrument body. He also plays chromatic and diatonic harmonicas, nylon string classical guitar, soprano and bass ukulehle, 4 string tenor banjo and an electric keyboard containing piano, vibes, marimba, pan flute, jazz organ and a multi-voice choir.
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