A staph infection nearly killed Jack in 2004 leaving him weak. He currently plays concerts but no longer gives lessons or teaches full time at universities. He's refering students to Kirk at www.kirktatnall.com
___________The News____________
CD RELEASE CONCERTS: celebrating "Jack and Jill Jazz", a new enhanced CD which contains audio and video. Read review, click here. Get it at Schmitt Music 1409 Washington Ave in Racine Wisconsin, at Lincoln Music 3379 S. 13th Street in Milwaukee Wisconsin, at our concerts and on this site's shopping cart. Experience Jack and Jill in these fine venues as the CD goes on sale:
- CAROLINE'S JAZZ CLUB, Friday May 18, 8-11pm. .... .... 401 South 2nd street, Milwaukee, WI.53204 .... ...special guest - jazz harpist Anne Morse-Hambrock Visit Anne at www.annemorsehambrock.com
- YARDARM BAR & GRILL, Wed May 21, 7-11pm. ......930 Erie street, Racine, Wis. 53402
See Jack's new video with Jill Jensen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6HuaJtrAQ
Learn about the Jack Grassel model JG-1 guitar: www.smockeguitars.com/JG-1.htm
The Raezor's Edge JG-10 speaker cabinet, used and invented by Jack is available at: www.jhalemusic.com/pages/raezersEdge.html
__________The Recordings_________
MAGIC CEREAL and IF YOU'RE TOO CRAZY, Jack's legendary first two LPs have been remastered and issued together on the same CD.
THUNDER STONES has been reissued and is available with cool new artwork by Vickie Masnica.
EL REFUGIO is the dynamic duo CD Jack recorded in Mexico with guitar virtuoso Guillermo Espinasse. .allaboutjazz - review OnMilwaukee.com - interview
- Many thanks to Tal Farlow for setting up his recording equipment when Jack visited his house. TWO GUYS WITH GUITARS is the resulting CD which lets you drop in and hear what they played that day. JazzTimes - review
Kirk Tatnall and Jack have recorded two CDs using their superguitars (bass and guitar combination): GHOST RIDGE with drummer Dane Richeson and the LIVE @ THE UPTOWNER CD w/ drummer Ernie Adams.
Click here now to visit our CD store. $2 from each CD sold goes to FSF (The Frozen Sky Fund) to provide jackets, gloves and caps to the homeless.
At CD Baby download MP3s from some of our CDs.
RECENTLY DISCOVERED UNRELEASED RECORDINGS: .CD in case without inserts. Order by phone with Mastercard / Visa. $20 each, 3 for $50, free postage.
1. LIVE AT WCM (1976) Concert recording: Jack w/ saxophonist Ken Danish, trumpeter Kaye Berigan, and drummer David Ruetz at Wisconsin Conservatory of Music playing Jack's compositions.
2. TAKE FIVE (1979) Studio recording: Jack with a Steinberger guitar and vocalist / guitarist Patsy Tighe with her acoustic Martin guitar playing jazz standards.
3. SNOW SHADOWS (2004) Studio recording: Solo acoustic piano virtuoso Leigh Cowan playing 16 tunes; jazz standards and his own compositions.
__________Our Company__________
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_____Solutions For Guitarists______
GUITAR SEEDS illuminates Jack’s exclusive 20 position scale system which liberates the neck into one big position. Learn rhythm / melody chords and improvisation ideas. "Seeds" has grown fine guitarists since 1973.
JAZZ RHYTHM GUITAR Ease your hands into chords pulsing in the rhythms of jazz with this fun book. Enjoy jamming with Jack and bassist Tom McGirr and drummer Mike Lorenz on included CD.
MONSTER CHOPS Watch your fingers explore new destinations in the ultimate technique book. Garner extraordinary single note chops and reading ability in 12 positions.
______The Solo Guitar Trilogy______
BIG AX Get walking with the original book that taught jazz guitarists to play bass lines and chords simultaneously. Hear it on the CDs: GHOST RIDGE and LIVE @ THE UPTOWNER.
SUPER AX Power up your solo guitar with this introduction to improvising melody, bass, and chords simultaneously on a standard guitar.
131 AXERCISES FOR THE SOLO JAZZ GUITARIST Your opportunity to play single note solos and walking bass simultaneously! Expands ideas in BIG AX, and SUPER AX. Hear these techniques on CDs: LIVE AT THE CARLETON GRANGE and JACK AND JILL JAZZ.
______The Confidence Series ______
BRAIN TRAINING Your brain will be forever thankful that this therapeutic CD helped it soar above performance anxiety.
POWER PRACTICING Your learning will become fun and productive by adding this inpirational book to your collection. It's the perfect solution for maximizing motivation, efficiency and performance.
___The Jazz Guitar Legends Trilogy__
Jack recorded his favorite solo by 18 influential guitarists. With historically correct guitars, he captured the tones and articulations of the "out of print" recordings at original and half speeds on included CDs. All 3 books provide notation, fingering and tab. Play along with Jack, pianist Jim Sodke, bassist Tom McGirr, & drummer Del Bennet. Explore the tradition with:
JAZZ GUITAR STANDARDS Charlie Christian, Billy Bauer, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Grant Green, Chuck Wayne.
JAZZ GUITAR FAVORITES Wes Montgomery, .George Barnes, Pat Martino, Hank Garland, .Barney Kessel, Hank Garland, Howard Roberts.
JAZZ GUITAR CLASSICS Django Reinhardt, ..... George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Raney, Tal Farlow.
____________DVD Lessons___________
TOP 20 JAZZ GUITAR LESSONS DVD The magic of this 74 minute video is that we used sections from most of Jack's instructional material and added three mini-concerts. This is an excellent companion to his books.
______________About Jack___________
Guitar One Magazine readers voted Mr. Grassel "One of the ten best guitarists (you probably don't know) in America..." Years of study with innovators George Van Eps, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Wyble, and Joe Daley helped Jack create his own unique style.
"The Jack Grassel System" (10 books & DVD) gives guitarists tools to resolve problems, adapt effectively to change, and think in new ways. Materiakl from curriculums he created for Milwaukee Area Technical College and Wisconsin Conservatory of Music,
JazzTimes Magazine: "Milwaukee guitarist Jack Grassel may be the best-kept secret in the jazz guitar community (although aspiring players may know him from an instructional column he contributed to Guitar Player Magazine for many years). An astounding technician with remarkable fluency and speed on single note lines and an incredibly advanced harmonic vocabulary that is on par with the likes of chordal geniuses Ted Greene and Lenny Breau. Grassel has continued to fly under the radar while quietly putting out the occasional guitaristic gem from his home base in Brewtown". (Bill Milkowski)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack Grassel ........www.youtube.com/resultsw?search_query=jack+grassel
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