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."
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."Thom Jurek, Review: Moon and Morning After, Allmusic.com
Discography Studio albums YearTitleLabel 1997 Watch Over Me Drum Dancer 1998 Too Close to the Sun Drum Dancer 2001 The Love Hotel Drum Dancer 2006 Moon and the Morning After Uphill Productions 2012 Sunflower Girl Uphill Productions 2015 Moon Be Thine Uphill Productions 2016 Pure Imagination<br/ >(as Jill Jack and the American Songbook Band) Uphill Productions 2018 These Days
Live albums YearTitleLabel 1999 Live From Billy's Basement Drum Dancer 2004 Live and Unplugged Uphill Productions 2009 Songwriter Sessions Uphill Productions 2013 Celebrates the Holidays Uphill Productions
Singles YearTitle 2008 Live Like There's No Tomorrow 2014 Look Beyond Your Horizons (Single from The Embrace of Aging) (feat. The Detroit Women's Project) 2017 Be the Light (A Song for Leonard) 2020Quiet Man2020Jamestown Town2021Bit of a Jesus Girl2025Soulshine2026Give Me That Beat Once Again
Awards Detroit Music Awards
! scope="row" | 1997 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Vocalist (Pop/Rock)
! scope="row" | 1997 | Jill Jack | New Group/Performer Deserving Wider Recognition
! scope="row" | 1998 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Artist/Group (Acoustic/Folk)
! scope="row" | 1998 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Local Artist/Group (Rock/Pop)
! scope="row" | 1998 | Jill Jack | Outstanding New Group (Acoustic/Folk)
! scope="row" | 1998 | Watch Over Me | Outstanding Recording (Acoustic/Folk)
! scope="row" | 1998 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Vocalist (Acoustic/Folk)
! scope="row" | 1998 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Vocalist (Rock/Pop)
! scope="row" | 1999 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Vocalist (Rock/Pop)
! scope="row" | 1999 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Artist/Group (Pop/Rock)
! scope="row" | 2000 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Vocalist (Pop/Rock)
! scope="row" | 2005 | Jill Jack Live And Unplugged | Outstanding Recording (Acoustic/Folk)
! scope="row" | 2005 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Artist/Group (Pop/Rock)
! scope="row" | 2006 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2006 | Moon and the Morning After | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording
! scope="row" | 2006 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter
! scope="row" | 2006 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist
! scope="row" | 2006 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Pop Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2007 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2007 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist
! scope="row" | 2008 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2008 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist
! scope="row" | 2010 | Songwriter Sessions | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording
! scope="row" | 2010 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Vocalist
! scope="row" | 2011 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter
! scope="row" | 2011 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2012 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter
! scope="row" | 2012 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Folk Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2013 | Sunflower Girl | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording
! scope="row" | 2013 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Folk Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2014 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Songwriter
! scope="row" | 2014 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Folk Artist/Group
! scope="row" | 2015 | Jill Jack | Outstanding Americana Songwriter
Other
|rowspan=2|2011 |International Songwriting Competition |Americana |Fallen (A Love Song) |Semi-finalist
|Susanne Millsap's Performing Songwriter Showcase | |Jill Jack |Finalist |
References
External links www.JillJack.com