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Jack Grassel
Jack Grassel
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Born	1948
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, teacher
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	Frozen Sky

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Jack Grassel is an American jazz guitarist, teacher, and author from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Career

With a family to support, Grassel turned to teaching music and playing jazz locally. He worked with Rosemary Clooney, Slide Hampton, Stanley Jordan, Ed Thigpen, and Nancy Wilson. He created the Occupational Music degree program at Milwaukee Area Technical College and wrote the books Big Ax and Super Ax. He formed Frozen Sky Records. As a result of the first two records of his compositions "Magic Cereal" and "If You're Too Crazy", he was featured in the New Talent section of Guitar Player magazine and became a contributing writer.^[1]

He later invented an instrument he named the "SuperAx" which contained both guitar and bass guitar strings. His friend, guitarist Kirk Tatnall, built one, too, and they recorded the album Live at the Uptowner with their hybrid instruments.^[2]

The Hofner guitar company hired Grassel to record a promotional album, Guitar Smoke.^[3]

In 2000, readers of Guitar One magazine voted Grassel "one of the 10 best guitarists in America." He married vocalist Jill Jensen, and they recorded five albums: Seems Like Dreams, It's About the Music, Snow People. Live at the Carlton Grange and Jack and Jill Jazz. ^[1]

Discography

Magic Cereal (Frozen Sky, 1986)
If You're Too Crazy for You Body (Frozen Sky, 1989)
Solo Burner (Frozen Sky, 1993)
Christmas Presence (Frozen Sky, 1998)
Guitar Smoke (Frozen Sky, 2001)
Live at the Uptowner (Frozen Sky, 2002)
Thunderstones (Frozen Sky, 2002)
Matrix (Frozen Sky, 2003)
Two Guys with Guitars (Frozen Sky, 2004)
Ghost Ridge (Frozen Sky, 2002)
10 (Frozen Sky, 2006)

Bibliography

1974 Guitar Seeds
1976 Monster Chops
1992 Power Practicing
1994 Big Ax
1996 Super Ax
1998 Jazz Guitar Favorites
1998 Jazz Guitar Classics
1998 Jazz Guitar Standards
2002 Jazz Rhythm Guitar
2004 Brain Training
2004 131 Axercises
2008 70 Jazz Compositions
2020 The Reharmonized Real Book^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Milkowski, Bill (1 May 2007). "Jill Jensen/Jack Grassel: It's About the Music". JazzTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
^ Nathan, Dave. "Guitar Smoke". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ Mueller, Michael (12 February 2020). "Jack Grassel Reharmonizes The Real Book". JazzTimes. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[Milkowski-1] Milkowski, Bill (1 May 2007). "Jill Jensen/Jack Grassel: It's About the Music". JazzTimes. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[Yanow-2] Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.

[smoke-3] Nathan, Dave. "Guitar Smoke". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

[Mueller-4] Mueller, Michael (12 February 2020). "Jack Grassel Reharmonizes The Real Book". JazzTimes. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

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-'''Jack Grassel''' (born September 3, 1948) is an [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] composer, inventor, author, teacher, and guitarist from [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] known for his many awards, books, recordings, and concerts. He has created 70 compositions, authored eleven books and an instructional DVD, and recorded 18 CDs as a bandleader.  During his career, which has spanned nearly six decades, he has exceeded 12,000 performances and continues perform around the world.  Many of Grassel's former students: Kirk Tatnall, Scott DuBois, Steve Peplin, Roger Brotherhood, Ramie Espinoza, Don Linke, Jeff Schroedl, Mike Mueller and others attribute their skill and fame in part to his advice.
+'''Jack Grassel''' is an American [[jazz]] guitarist, teacher, and author from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
-Grassel was influenced heavily by his teachers: guitarists [[Tal Farlow]], George Van Eps, Billy Bauer, [[Jimmy Wyble]], George Pritchett, Don Momblow, saxophonist [[Joe Daley]] and pianist Ted Ashford.<ref>"Upon hearing him seamlessly weave bass lines, rhythm chords, and melody lines - all at the same time- as well as noting his incredible command of the instrument, we knew Jack Grassel was a shoe-in for 'Best in the U.S.'" Mike Mueller, Guitar One Magazine, March 2000</ref>
-== Background ==
+== Career ==
+[[File:Billy and Jack.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Billy Bauer]] and Jack Grassel, Long Island, New York, 2001]]
-Grassel was born September 3, 1948, in Milwaukee, the oldest of four boys{{cn|date=December 2014}}.  At the age of two, upon learning to walk, Grassel reached his arms over his head to play his mother's piano, correctly copying melodies heard on the radio.  Seeing Grassel struggling to stretch his fingers to play the huge piano keys, his father got him a small accordion (a popular pre-Beatles era instrument) and lessons.  By age 4, he was touring as a solo act with the "Bar O Ranch" variety show.  He was seen often on talent shows via a new medium called television.  Starting in 1958, he won the Wisconsin State Music Festival three times.  At age ten, he added a drummer and began playing weddings and dances with his duo.
+[[File:Jill and Jack.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jill Jensen and Jack Grassel at Caroline's Jazz Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002]]
+[[File:Jimmy Jack Sid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Jimmy Wyble]], Jack Grassel, and Sid Jacobs at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California, 2009]]
+With a family to support, Grassel turned to teaching music and playing jazz locally. He worked with [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Stanley Jordan]], [[Ed Thigpen]], and [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]]. He created the Occupational Music degree program at [[Milwaukee Area Technical College]] and wrote the books ''Big Ax'' and ''Super Ax''. He formed Frozen Sky Records. As a result of the first two records of his compositions "Magic Cereal" and "If You're Too Crazy", he was featured in the New Talent section of ''[[Guitar Player]]'' magazine and became a contributing writer.<ref name="Milkowski">{{cite web |last1=Milkowski |first1=Bill |title=Jill Jensen/Jack Grassel: It's About the Music |url=https://jazztimes.com/departments/guitartistry/jill-jensenjack-grassel-its-about-the-music/ |website=JazzTimes |accessdate=25 November 2018 |date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
-== 1960s ==
-In seventh grade he purchased a bass guitar to play professionally two nights per week in "The Triumphs" rock band.  Modern Music Center hired Jack at the age of 13 to teach piano, bass, and accordion.   By the end of the decade, he was performing seven nights per week in dance clubs with a six-piece Rhythm and Blues band "The Rivieras" working over the James Brown and Bobby Bland song books.  In 1966 at 17, burned out by a life of constant musical performance, he quit playing and enrolled in Pharmacy School at the University of Wisconsin.  It did not take long for him to miss music.  He began to visit a record shop to be educated in jazz history by clerk Mitch Covic.  Hearing his first jazz concert by Charles Lloyd's band with Keith Jarrett and Paul Motian in 1968 was a turning point.  Soon Grassel was spending his food allowance on jazz records, finding it much more interesting than rock music and school. He decided to play music again, jazz, but not with the bass or accordion.  He bought a guitar to practice 15 hours every day for six months, falling asleep late at night with the guitar still in his hands.
+He later invented an instrument he named the "SuperAx" which contained both guitar and [[bass guitar]] strings. His friend, guitarist Kirk Tatnall, built one, too, and they recorded the album ''Live at the Uptowner'' with their hybrid instruments.<ref name="Yanow">{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=The Great Jazz Guitarists |date= 2013 |publisher= Backbeat |location = San Francisco |isbn=978-1-61713-023-6 |page=220 }}</ref>
-== 1970s ==
+The [[Hofner]] guitar company hired Grassel to record a promotional album, ''Guitar Smoke''.<ref name="smoke">{{cite web |last1=Nathan |first1=Dave |title=Guitar Smoke |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/guitar-smoke-mw0000215366 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=17 October 2018}}</ref>
-Grassel's first employment as a guitarist came in 1970 with the rhythm and blues band "The Chevrons" playing the "teen bar" circuit. Now amazingly proficient on the guitar at age 21, he formed the revolutionary jazz-rock band "Matrix" which worked until 1974.  With Matrix he recorded the first LP of his compositions. His teaching accelerated in 1971 when he secured a job designing the new jazz guitar degree program at The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.  At WCM, he wrote his first two books, [http://www.jackgrassel.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?usr=51J4474899&rnd=8109408&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=Guitar+Seeds&cat=HDD&catstr=HOME:HDD ''Guitar Seeds''] and [http://www.jackgrassel.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?usr=51J4474899&rnd=8109408&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=Monster+Chops&cat=HDD&catstr=HOME:HDD ''Monster Chops''], to challenge his advanced students. A big break came in a call to audition for the show "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well In Paris".  When the first call guitarists were unable to play the challenging music, Grassel succeeded.  Hearing of his music skills, famous musicians touring the area asked Grassel to back them.  Among them were Al Martino, [[Trini Lopez]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], Anna Marie Albergetti and [[Carol Channing]].  He accompanied comedians [[Bob Newhart]], [[Jay Leno]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Pete Barbutti]] and [[Jerry Van Dyke]].  He became the guitarist for The [[Barnum and Bailey Circus]] band, The Holiday on Ice Orchestra in addition to performing with symphony orchestras conducted by [[Lukas Foss]] and [[Kenneth Schermerhorn]].  Grassel also enjoyed financial success wearing the many hats of a studio musician performing jingles on radio and television. This decade saw him working 300-600 gigs per year.  A typical day would be playing in "The Larry the Legend" radio show band 5-9am, teaching at the Conservatory or playing jazz concerts in elementary schools 10am-4pm, playing Broadway shows at the Performing Art Center 7-9pm, then playing jazz with his trio at Ciro's Nightclub, concerts with "What On Earth" band at the Water Street Art Center, or accompanying name acts at The Crown Room 10pm-2am.
+In 2000, readers of ''Guitar One'' magazine voted Grassel "one of the 10 best guitarists in America." He married vocalist Jill Jensen, and they recorded five albums: Seems Like Dreams, It's About the Music, Snow People. Live at the Carlton Grange and Jack and Jill Jazz. <ref name="Milkowski" />
-== 1980s ==
-The disco era began replacing musicians with recorded music.  With a new family to support, Grassel turned to teaching music and playing jazz locally.  His shift to jazz resulted in gigs accompanying name artists [[Rosemary Clooney]], [[Slide Hampton]], [[Ed Thigpen]], [[Stanley Jordan]], [[Nancy Wilson (jazz singer)|Nancy Wilson]] and more.   He created the "Occupational Music Degree Program" at [[Milwaukee Area Technical College]] and wrote the books ''Big Ax'' and ''Super Ax''.   He formed his own record company "Frozen Sky Records".  As a result of the first two records of his compositions, "Magic Cereal", and "If You're Too Crazy", he was featured in the "New Talent" section of ''[[Guitar Player]]'' magazine, and became a contributing writer there.
-== 1990s ==
-The 1990s found Grassel playing jazz seven nights per week in duos, trios, quartets and
-with the 12 piece Chuck Howard Superband.  A high point for Grassel was playing duets on classical guitar in concert with noted tenor [[Luciano Pavarotti]]. Jack studied 1990-93 with [[George Van Eps]] working on solo guitar technique resulting in his first solo guitar CD, ''Solo Burner''.  The CD immediately sold out and is in its third printing.  From 1994 to 1998 he studied with Tal Farlow.  Farlow taped some of their duo sessions which Grassel captured on the CD ''Two Guys With Guitars''.  To facilitate studying with Farlow in New Jersey while living in Wisconsin, Grassel secured a teaching job at the National Guitar Workshop in nearby Connecticut.  Many recordings followed as Grassel continued composing music for new CDs. By the end of the decade, he had invented an instrument he named the [http://jackgrassel.com/index.html "SuperAx"] which enabled him to play bass and guitar simultaneously.  His friend, guitarist Kirk Tatnall, built one also.  With various drummers, they performed as a trio for 12 years at [[The Uptowner]], producing two CDs of Grassel's compositions: ''Live @ The Uptowner'' and ''Ghost Ridge''.  Working part-time for music publishing giant, [[Hal Leonard]],  Grassel wrote the book trilogy ''Jazz Guitar Favorites'', ''Jazz Guitar Standards'' and ''Jazz Guitar Classics''.
-== 2000s ==
-The new century began with Grassel endorsing [[Hofner]] guitars.  The company hired Grassel to record a solo  promotional CD, ''Guitar Smoke'', on the Hofner Jazzica guitar. The purchaser of every new Jazzica found a copy in his guitar case. Also in 2000, the readers of [http://www.musicdispatch.com/promo/promo.do?promotion=16 ''Guitar One''] magazine voted Grassel "one of the 10 best guitarists in America."  As Grassel's solo guitar abilities developed, he joined (and married) vocalist [http://www.jilljensen.com/ Jill Jensen]. The duo recorded two CDs: ''It's About the Music'' which received three [[Wisconsin Area Music Industry|WAMI]] nominations, and ''Seems Like Dreams'' with their Chicago quartet.  Throughout the decade,  they worked 2-5 nights per week as a duo.  The popular couple enjoyed residencies at countless venues. Grassel continued to write books, producing ''Power Practicing'', ''Brain Training'', and ''131 Axercises''.   He also created the DVD ''Top 20 Jazz Guitar Lessons''.   In 2004, Grassel was struck down by a near fatal staph infection.  His body, heart, brain and nervous system were damaged. He had to stop playing music. It took many years for him to recover his musical abilities.  Upon regaining his skill, it was obvious he had reached a new musical level, but he was too weak to continue teaching full-time at Milwaukee Area Technical College and ended that 22-year partnership.
-== 2010s ==
-The new decade saw Grassel still recovering from the staph infection that struck him down in 2004.  He teaches occasionally at [[Musicians Institute]] in Los Angeles and plays concerts in the duo format with vocalist Jill Jensen.  Grassel and Jensen released the CD ''Live at the Carlton Grange'' commemorating 3 and a half years of employment there.  In September 2010,  the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music presented a concert of 26 of Grassel's 70 compositions commemorating the 40th anniversary of his first composition performed there.  At the beginning of 2011, seldom leaving home, Grassel began giving [[Skype]] lessons to guitarists around the world.  His guitar/voice duo with Jensen continues to develop and gain popularity.  A live recording of a California concert was released towards the end of 2011.
-== Technique and influence ==
-The Grassel family boasts a long history of professional musicians and band leaders, including Jack's mandolin-playing grandfather Joseph, accordionist great-uncle Percy Grassel and his Orchestra, and multi-instrumentalist aunt Adeline and accordionist/pianist aunt Iris.  Adeline's band of the 1930s, "Star and Her Five Points" was well known. In the 1940s, Adeline's popular all-girl big band toured as "The Sunshine Girls."  Jack's father Lawrence played trumpet.  Jack's brother Steve is a professional pianist.
-Grassel is recognized as a technically advanced, emotionally charged modern jazz guitarist who sounds like himself.   He has developed his own techniques of melody, chords, bass, and percussion to sound like three guitarists playing at the same time. He creatively combines standard picking technique with classical finger techniques, using them simultaneously to surpass each technique alone.  To accomplish not sounding like other guitarists, he refrained from listening to any music produced with a guitar for ten years, 1971–1981.
-=== Equipment ===
-Grassel endorses and uses the [http://www.jhalemusic.com/pages/raezersEdge.html Raezer's Edge Jack Grassel model JG-10] speaker cabinet. He currently plays the Jack Grassel Artist model JG-1 guitar marketed by [http://www.smockeguitars.com/Artists.htm Smocke Guitars].  George L cables transmit his sound to the Walter Woods amplifier which has been his constant companion since 1975.  Moshay has been his pick choice since 1968.   He has endorsed Hofner, Guild and Gibson guitars.
-== Awards and nominations ==
-- First place - Wisconsin State Music Festival<br>
-- Third place - Wisconsin State Music Festival<br>
-- Second place - Wisconsin State Music Festival<br>
-- Showcase for new talent - Guitar Player Magazine<br>
-- [[GRAMMY]] award nomination - Jack with Lukas Foss - 9 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird   <br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
-- WAMI award - Guitarist of the year<br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
-- Midwest Jazz Master award nomination<br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
-- First Place - MOKKA award - Jazz/Pop Duo - Jack w/Jill Jensen<br>
-- Named one of Guitar One Magazine's Best Guitarists <ref>Guitar One Magazine - "One of the 10 Best Guitarists in America"</ref><br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
-- WAMI award - Guitarist of the year<br>
-- WAMI nomination - CD recording of the year<br>
-- "Best of Milwaukee - Jazz artist of the year" -Shepherd Express reader's award<br>
-- WAMI award - Guitarist of the year<br>
-- WAMI nomination - Jazz artists of the year Jack w/Jill Jensen<br>
-- WAMI nomination - Jazz artist of the year Jack w/Jill Jensen<br>
-- WAMI award - Jazz artist of the year<br>
--  "Best of Milwaukee - Jazz artist of the year" - [http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/ Shepherd Express] reader's award
 == Discography ==
+* ''Magic Cereal'' (Frozen Sky, 1986)
-[[File:Jimmy Jack Sid.jpg|thumb|Jimmy Wyble, Jack, Sid Jacobs, Musician's Institute, Hollywood, California, 2009]]
+* ''If You're Too Crazy for You Body'' (Frozen Sky, 1989)
-[[File:Jill and Jack.jpg|thumb|Jill Jensen and Jack, Caroline's Jazz Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002]]
+* ''Solo Burner'' (Frozen Sky, 1993)
+* ''Christmas Presence'' (Frozen Sky, 1998)
-* 1963 - ''Rebound Baby'' w/ Ron and the Continentals
+* ''Guitar Smoke'' (Frozen Sky, 2001)
-* 1973 - ''Stimulus for the Auditory Nerve'' w/ Matrix
+* ''Live at the Uptowner'' (Frozen Sky, 2002)
-* 1986 - ''Magic Cereal''
+* ''Thunderstones'' (Frozen Sky, 2002)
-* 1987 - ''If You're Too Crazy For Your Body''
+* ''Matrix'' (Frozen Sky, 2003)
-* 1988 - ''The Adventures of Jack and Hans''
+* ''Two Guys with Guitars'' (Frozen Sky, 2004)
-* 1989 - ''Music Lingo''
+* ''Ghost Ridge'' (Frozen Sky, 2002)
-* 1994 - ''Solo Burner''
+* ''10'' (Frozen Sky, 2006)
-* 1995 - ''Thunder Stones''
-* 1996 - ''Bob and Jack: What We Do''
-* 1998 - ''Tracks'' w/ Melvin Rhyne
-* 1998 - ''Christmas Presence''
-* 1999 - ''Trinity Seas'' w/ Sigmund Snopek III
-* 2000 - ''Seems Like Dreams'' w/ Jill Jensen
-* 2001 - ''Guitar Smoke''
-* 2002 - ''10''
-* 2004 - ''Two Guys With Guitars''
-* 2005 - ''Live @ The Uptowner''
-* 2006 - ''Secret of Life'' w/ Ellen Winters
-* 2006 - ''Ghost Ridge''
-* 2006 - ''It's About the Music'' w/ Jill Jensen
-* 2009 - ''El Refugio'' w/ Guillermo Espinasse
-* 2009 - ''I Said'' w/ Del Bennett and Kris Kringel
-* 2010 - ''Live at the Carleton Grange'' w/ Jill Jensen
-* 2011 - ''Hot in LA'' w/ Jill Jensen
 ==Bibliography==
+* 1974  ''Guitar Seeds''
-[[File:Billy and Jack.jpg|thumb|Billy Bauer and Jack Grassel, Long Island, New York, 2001]]
+* 1976  ''Monster Chops''
-* 1974 - ''Guitar Seeds''
+* 1992  ''Power Practicing''
-* 1976 - ''Monster Chops''
+* 1994  ''Big Ax''
-* 1992 - ''Power Practicing''
+* 1996  ''Super Ax''
-* 1994 - ''Big Ax''
+* 1998  ''Jazz Guitar Favorites''
-* 1996 - ''Super Ax''
+* 1998  ''Jazz Guitar Classics''
-* 1998 - ''Jazz Guitar Favorites''
+* 1998  ''Jazz Guitar Standards''
-* 1998 - ''Jazz Guitar Classics''
+* 2002  ''Jazz Rhythm Guitar''
-* 1998 - ''Jazz Guitar Standards''
+* 2004  ''Brain Training''
-* 2004 - ''Brain Training''
+* 2004  ''131 Axercises''
-* 2004 - ''131 Axercises''
+* 2008  ''70 Jazz Compositions''
+* 2020  ''The Reharmonized Real Book''<ref name="Mueller">{{cite web |last1=Mueller |first1=Michael |title=Jack Grassel Reharmonizes The Real Book |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/books/jack-grassel-reharmonizes-the-real-book/ |website=JazzTimes |accessdate=6 April 2020 |date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
-* 2008 - ''70 Jazz Compositions''
-* 2008 - ''Top 20 Jazz Guitar Lessons'' (DVD)
-== Inventions ==
-* 1997 - "Super-guitar" for playing bass and guitar simultaneously
-* 1998 - "Fretless-quarter tone-seven string guitar"
-* 2007 - Jack Grassel model constructed and marketed by the Raezor's Edge company
-* 2010 - Jack Grassel model solid body guitar constructed and marketed by Smocke Guitars
-== Publications ==
-- 1989 Guitar Player Magazine - Master Series<br>
-- Art Muscle - concert reviewer<br>
-- Madison Music Cooperative - Power Practicing column<br>
-- Minneapolis Jazz Newsletter - Power Practicing column<br>
-- 1998 City Edition - record reviewer<br>
-- 2004 Just Jazz Guitar magazine - educational features
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