Joel Nelson Productions: Bay Area Event Planning, DJs and Live Music

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Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Buttered Rum, one of the hardest-working and fastest-rising stars in the musical firmament, has become, over the last five years, a group that is infinitely greater than the sum of its parts...

SoVoso

SoVoSó is a highly imaginative a cappella ensemble that sings a unique, rhythmic mix of jazz, gospel, world and R&B music, all rendered in their trademark improvisational style...

Those Dueling Pianos

Those Dueling Pianos is a rockin’ good time for the audience and the performers! We play the fun songs you want to hear, and encourage you to sing, clap, and laugh along. At your request, we will also make time to give a few light-hearted roasts to friends and family...

Alison Sharino Band

Alison Sharino is an amazing and versatile vocalist for wedding ceremonies, nightclubs, corporate events, fundraisers, festivals or any other event. Her song list spans over six decades and features Rock, Pop, Folk, Motown, Disco, Country, Swing, Big Band, Latin, Jazz, Blues, Opera, Show Tunes and even current hits. Clients may choose which musical styles they prefer...

Mitch Woods

Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s have been the torchbearers of a great American blues musical heritage, not for two years but two decades. Taking their inspiration from the great jump n' boogie outfits of the late 40s and early 50s, they breathe fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock n'roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin' n' jivin', shoutin' n' honkin', pumpin' n' poundin' bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, and Roy Milton.

Spice

Spice up your Party with JNB's in-house powerhouse 5-piece group. This group has been shaking up festivals, parties, and corporate events for 15 years in the Bay Area...

Hotel California

By blending their extraordinary vocal and musical talents, HOTEL CALIFORNIA faithfully and accurately reproduces the sound of the Eagles studio recordings while recreating a classic sound which undeniably transcends the boundaries of Rock, R&B, and Country...

Juanita Ulloa

Juanita is one of the USA's rising star singer/composers of Mexican and Latin American music...

Tito y su Son de Cuba

Tito Gonzalez arrived in the San Francisco Bay area in the summer of 2000. His music is typical and primarily El Son, the music you know from the Buena Vista Social Club...

Murasaki Ensemble

The Murasaki Ensemble is a musical experience of sounds unlike any other---elements of traditional Far Eastern subtleties, Near Eastern and Latin American rhythms with improvisational jazz converging, producing a sound that is extremely vibrant and innovative yet still familiar...