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

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Anton Jazz

Anton has won over listeners and critics at high-profile jazz venues across the country, including the Blue Note in New York, Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley and the Monterey Jazz Festival...

Atmos Trio

Having been hiring their services out to other musical projects in every conceivable musical styles for years, it wasn't until 2004 that the Trio decided to pursue their own muse...

Ben Marcato

Before relocating to the Bay Area in 1993 to embark on his recording and performing career, Ben earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Guitar from The College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati...

Bruno Pelletier Bacquaert

I moved to San Francisco in 1987 where I now work as a free-lance guitarist, bandleader and educator-- with performances at the world-renowned Jazz club Yoshi's with my own Quartet, at the SF Museum of Modern Art, at local Jazz Festivals, and at the Mill Valley International Film Festival...

Carla Helmbrecht

Vocalist Carla Helmbrecht has been cultivating her craft since the age of 8 when she began taking piano lessons and singing...

Deuce

DEUCE is a 5-7 piece electric Soul-Jazz ensemble led by horn players Jean Fineberg and Ellen Seeling...

Laurent Fourgo Jazz Ensemble

Laurent Fourgo & His Ensemble is comprised of seasoned musicians with 15 to 30 years of experience: vocals, piano, upright bass, electric bass, drums, guitar, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone sax, clarinet, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, violin and accordion...

Le Jazz Hot

Le Jazz Hot is the new quartet of the Hot Club of San Francisco, still continuing our tradition of fine French Gypsy Swing played on Stringed Instruments...

Liberty Street Jazz Band

Born in England, Liberty Street Jazz Band leader Richard Hall is a graduate from the University of Nottingham where he subsidized his higher education grants with jazz dates at the local clubs such as the notorious Down's Brasserie...

Magnolia Jazz Band

The band knows how to be flexible -- often adding trumpet, saxophone, trombone, piano, drums, banjo, or tuba, to provide the right size combo for every occasion. Selecting music from a wide repertoire, we play the popular standards, Latin favorites, and hot jazz classics from the '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s...