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Occupation(s)
  
singer-songwriter

Name
  
Jill Jack

Years active
  
1997–present

Record label
  
UPHILL PRODUCTIONS

Labels
  
Uphill Productions

Genres
  
Pop rock, Country

Website
  
www.jilljack.com


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Role
  
Singer-songwriter · jilljack.com

Origin
  
Ferndale, Michigan, United States

Albums
  
Moon and the Morning After, The Love Hotel

Similar
  
Sarana VerLin, Thornetta Davis, Stewart Francke, The Muggs, Marshall Crenshaw

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Jill Jack is an American singer-songwriter based in Ferndale, Michigan. As of December 2016, she has released 11 albums, ranging from soul to rock, to folk and country. She leads a band of the same name, as well as a jazz ensemble dedicated to standards, "Jill Jack and the American Songbook Band."

Contents

Three of her CDs - Live and Unplugged in 2005, Moon and the Morning After in 2006, Songwriter Sessions in 2010 - won Detroit Music Awards for Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording. Writing for Allmusic, Thom Jurek called Moon and the Morning After, "an exceptionally honest rock & roll record, ... one that delivers musically as well as lyrically in spades and diamonds."

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Discography

  • Watch Over Me(1997) Drum Dancer
  • Too Close To The Sun(1998) Drum Dancer
  • Live From Billy's Basement(1999) Drum Dancer
  • The Love Hotel (2001) Drum Dancer
  • Live and Unplugged (2004) Uphill Productions
  • Moon and the Morning After (2006) Uphill Productions
  • Songwriter Sessions (2009) Uphill Productions
  • Sunflower Girl (2012) Uphill Productions
  • Celebrates the Holiday(2013) Uphill Productions
  • Look Beyond Your Horizons (Single from "The Embrace of Aging") (2014) (featuring The Detroit Women's Project) Uphill Productions
  • Moon Be Thine(2015) Uphill Productions
  • Pure Imagination (as Jill Jack and the American Songbook Band) (2016) Uphill Productions

    • Awards

    Detroit Music Awards

    Outstanding Vocalist (Pop/Rock), New Group/Performer Deserving Wider Recognition (1997)

    Outstanding Vocalist (Rock/Pop), Outstanding Vocalist (Acoustic/Folk), Outstanding Local Artist/Group (Rock/Pop), Outstanding Artist/Group (Acoustic/Folk), Outstanding New Group (Acoustic/Folk), Outstanding Recording (Acoustic/Folk) (1998)

    Outstanding Vocalist (Rock/Pop), Outstanding Artist/Group (Rock/Pop) (1999)

    Outstanding Vocalist (Pop/Rock) (2000)

    Outstanding Recording (Acoustic/Folk), Outstanding Artist/Group (Pop/Rock) (2005)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording, Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group, Outstanding Pop Artist/Group (2006)

    Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist (2007)

    Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist (2008)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording - Songwriter Sessions, Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist (2010)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist, Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group (2011)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist, Outstanding Folk Artist/Group (2012)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording -Sunflower Girl, Outstanding Folk Artist/Group (2013)

    Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter, Outstanding Folk Artist/Group (2014)

    Outstanding Americana Songwriter (2015)

    International Songwriting Competition

    Americana Semi-Finalist - Fallen (A Love Song) (2011)

    Susanne Millsaps Performing Songwriter Showcase

    Finalist (2011)

    Mercury Excellence Awards

    Best of Pro Bono Projects - I'm a Believer (2011)

    References

    Jill Jack Wikipedia
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