JACK GRASSEL JILL JENSEN
"...astonishing virtuosity, deep emotional engagement...exquisite performances by the appealing couple..."
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6HuaJtrAQ
VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP21zKnSdRA
INTERVIEW https://shepherdexpress.com/music/local-music/jack-and-jill-are-back-and-ready-t
SCHEDULE
WOODLAND PATTERN CONCERT: May 16: 7pm
Jack playing the triple neck, melodica and junk drum set with virtuoso saxophonist / drummer Steve Nelson Raney give a concert of their new music. They have been performing and composing their own unique contemporary music since 1976. The music keeps growing into surprising new shapes. 720 E. Locust Ave. Milwaukee, WI.
PRIVATE GIGS: May 17, 24, 31
JACK AND JILL FEST: June 7: 7pm June 8: 2pm. June 9: 2pm
Enjoy the couple's polyJamerous music in the concert hall of their historic 1939 Racine Wisconsin home. For 8 years audiences have attended 27 of these special 2 hour concerts. Jill sings. Jack plays occasionally 2 or 3 instruments simultaneously. 22 seats per concert. 4 rest rooms. Free parking. Adults only. 15 minute intermission. Arrive 40 minutes early to enjoy a variety of included snacks, beer, wine, cider, coffee and to find your seats. Contact Jill for reservations with a charge card 262 552 4012, $30 per person
PRIVATE GIGS: June 21, 28, July 12
CUTLER PARK: July 17: 7pm
JIll Jensen and Jack Grassel in concert at The Les Paul Performance Center Park. 321 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha, WI. 53186
Jill sings. Jack plays 6 instruments, often 2 or 3 at the same time. Jack will demonstrate how he has modernized and expanded Les Paul's ideas from 1948 and catapulted them live into the next century. Enjoy a special polyJamerous program of jazz, blues, latin and pop music. Bring chairs or sit on the standard park benches near the stage
MUSIC AND MORE SUMMER CONCERT: Aug. 3, noon
Jack & Jill onstage with an opening music group in the First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, WI. 53403.
Free parking in lot behind church and meter parking on streets. This church was a stop on the "Underground Railroad".
PRIVATE GIGS: Aug. 23, Sept. 6, 27, Nov. 29
HOLIDAY HOME CONCERTS: Dec. 6, 7pm. Dec. 7, 2pm. Dec. 8, 2pm.
at our house in Racine, WI. Our past concerts were great fun for all. Abundant finger snacks, homemade goodies, all beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee, tea, spiced cider is included before concert and intermission. Free parking, 4 restrooms. $30 per person. Only 22 seats per show so prepaid reservations are a must, cash, check or card. Call Jill: 262-552-4012 or email jackandjilljazz@gmail.com
PRIVATE GIGS: Dec.17, 27
GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK CONCERT: April 12. 7pm. 2025
Imagine Jill & Jack in their second collaboration with the amazing 60 voice Choral Arts Society. They will all be on the big stage in the First Presbyterian Church with excellent acoustics. 716 College Avenue, Racine, WI. 53403 Free parking. It's in the planning / rehearsal stage. Details will be here as they become available. (This church was a stop on the Underground Railroad. There's a small museum in the basement where the ex-slaves hid and escaped through a tunnel.)
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JILL "...is an Olympic gymnast among singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease. She infuses her voice with soulfulness, power and seduction. Her wide-ranging career includes modeling, narration and acting...
VIDEO Culvers commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B8ZVZVtp5b8https://www.youtube.com/watch?
VIDEO Pontiac commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS3MN135xpM
VIDEO George Forman Grill commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFfPmpcdQ6I
VIDEO Jill with Santana Datson: Jill and Santana Datsun pontiac commercial:
ON THE JOE PERA SHOW:
VIDEO Jill cashier at the store: :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVtPDUfRfs
VIDEO Joe waits with Jill at a beauty parlor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1BK4JiDO4
JACK is a positive force on the musical landscape, forging new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist known for his
21 CDs, 70 compositions, 12 industry awards, 23 books and a legion of successful students. "Study with masters
Tal Farlow, Lloyd Garber, Jimmy Wyble and George Van Epps fuel Jack's sonic assault on civilization". He joins the history and future of music with an arsenal of 6 instruments catapulting Les Paul's ideas into the next century.
VIDEO Jack's custom guitar crafted by Dan Smocke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNT87SbRkYg&t=22s
VIDEO Archtop jazz guitar solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtadaVqbnQ
VIDEO Wrestling his triple neck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4HixLWg1Ks
VILLA TERRACE CONCERT REVIEW: https://kevernacular.com/?p=1489
FREE VIDEO LESSON Learn Jack's "harmonic system" in a video tutorial.
CLICK "View Sample" after clicking this link:https://www.groove3.com/tutorials/Jack-Grassel-Top-20-Jazz-Guitar-Lesso
LIVE GUITAR LESSONS ONLINE Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30 am C.S.T. Solve problems. Achieve goals.
INFO: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/p356/Lesson-with-Jack-Grassel.htm
THE BUDDHA: "What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now,"
"...astonishing virtuosity, deep emotional engagement...exquisite performances by the appealing couple..."
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6HuaJtrAQ
VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP21zKnSdRA
INTERVIEW https://shepherdexpress.com/music/local-music/jack-and-jill-are-back-and-ready-t
SCHEDULE
WOODLAND PATTERN CONCERT: May 16: 7pm
Jack playing the triple neck, melodica and junk drum set with virtuoso saxophonist / drummer Steve Nelson Raney give a concert of their new music. They have been performing and composing their own unique contemporary music since 1976. The music keeps growing into surprising new shapes. 720 E. Locust Ave. Milwaukee, WI.
PRIVATE GIGS: May 17, 24, 31
JACK AND JILL FEST: June 7: 7pm June 8: 2pm. June 9: 2pm
Enjoy the couple's polyJamerous music in the concert hall of their historic 1939 Racine Wisconsin home. For 8 years audiences have attended 27 of these special 2 hour concerts. Jill sings. Jack plays occasionally 2 or 3 instruments simultaneously. 22 seats per concert. 4 rest rooms. Free parking. Adults only. 15 minute intermission. Arrive 40 minutes early to enjoy a variety of included snacks, beer, wine, cider, coffee and to find your seats. Contact Jill for reservations with a charge card 262 552 4012, $30 per person
PRIVATE GIGS: June 21, 28, July 12
CUTLER PARK: July 17: 7pm
JIll Jensen and Jack Grassel in concert at The Les Paul Performance Center Park. 321 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha, WI. 53186
Jill sings. Jack plays 6 instruments, often 2 or 3 at the same time. Jack will demonstrate how he has modernized and expanded Les Paul's ideas from 1948 and catapulted them live into the next century. Enjoy a special polyJamerous program of jazz, blues, latin and pop music. Bring chairs or sit on the standard park benches near the stage
MUSIC AND MORE SUMMER CONCERT: Aug. 3, noon
Jack & Jill onstage with an opening music group in the First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. Racine, WI. 53403.
Free parking in lot behind church and meter parking on streets. This church was a stop on the "Underground Railroad".
PRIVATE GIGS: Aug. 23, Sept. 6, 27, Nov. 29
HOLIDAY HOME CONCERTS: Dec. 6, 7pm. Dec. 7, 2pm. Dec. 8, 2pm.
at our house in Racine, WI. Our past concerts were great fun for all. Abundant finger snacks, homemade goodies, all beer, wine, soft drinks, coffee, tea, spiced cider is included before concert and intermission. Free parking, 4 restrooms. $30 per person. Only 22 seats per show so prepaid reservations are a must, cash, check or card. Call Jill: 262-552-4012 or email jackandjilljazz@gmail.com
PRIVATE GIGS: Dec.17, 27
GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK CONCERT: April 12. 7pm. 2025
Imagine Jill & Jack in their second collaboration with the amazing 60 voice Choral Arts Society. They will all be on the big stage in the First Presbyterian Church with excellent acoustics. 716 College Avenue, Racine, WI. 53403 Free parking. It's in the planning / rehearsal stage. Details will be here as they become available. (This church was a stop on the Underground Railroad. There's a small museum in the basement where the ex-slaves hid and escaped through a tunnel.)
***************************
JILL "...is an Olympic gymnast among singers, leaping around and across phrases with breathtaking ease. She infuses her voice with soulfulness, power and seduction. Her wide-ranging career includes modeling, narration and acting...
VIDEO Culvers commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B8ZVZVtp5b8https://www.youtube.com/watch?
VIDEO Pontiac commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS3MN135xpM
VIDEO George Forman Grill commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFfPmpcdQ6I
VIDEO Jill with Santana Datson: Jill and Santana Datsun pontiac commercial:
ON THE JOE PERA SHOW:
VIDEO Jill cashier at the store: :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyVtPDUfRfs
VIDEO Joe waits with Jill at a beauty parlor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1BK4JiDO4
JACK is a positive force on the musical landscape, forging new paths as a genre-bending multi-instrumentalist known for his
21 CDs, 70 compositions, 12 industry awards, 23 books and a legion of successful students. "Study with masters
Tal Farlow, Lloyd Garber, Jimmy Wyble and George Van Epps fuel Jack's sonic assault on civilization". He joins the history and future of music with an arsenal of 6 instruments catapulting Les Paul's ideas into the next century.
VIDEO Jack's custom guitar crafted by Dan Smocke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNT87SbRkYg&t=22s
VIDEO Archtop jazz guitar solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtadaVqbnQ
VIDEO Wrestling his triple neck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4HixLWg1Ks
VILLA TERRACE CONCERT REVIEW: https://kevernacular.com/?p=1489
FREE VIDEO LESSON Learn Jack's "harmonic system" in a video tutorial.
CLICK "View Sample" after clicking this link:https://www.groove3.com/tutorials/Jack-Grassel-Top-20-Jazz-Guitar-Lesso
LIVE GUITAR LESSONS ONLINE Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30 am C.S.T. Solve problems. Achieve goals.
INFO: https://www.jackgrasseljilljensen.com/store/p356/Lesson-with-Jack-Grassel.htm
THE BUDDHA: "What you are is what you have been. What you will be is what you do now,"