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

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Mike Slack's New Orleans Jazz

The MSNOJ is a top drawer popular band, ideal for parties, small functions and fund raisers anywhwere in the Bay Area...

Octobop

Octobop is the personification of Cool Jazz. Let the 8 Boppers cool off your soiree with the sounds of West Coast smooth...

Rob Hart Trio

Rob has also performed/recorded with renowned bassist Kai Eckhardt (John McLaughlin),The Isley Brothers, Antilles recording artist Dave Mann, CC Deville (Poison), and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani/Steve Vai) among others, and has been featured as an opener for legendary jazz saxophonist Bennie Maupin and seminal jazz fusion pioneers Spyro Gyra...

Royal Society Jazz Orchestra

The orchestra was voted #1 Favorite Big Band in the Jazzology Poll, and was voted most popular Big Band in the American Rag music poll. The RSJO's popularity and authenticity inspire many large-scale Art Deco-era-themed events in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond...

Spirit of '29

Let the Spirit of '29 turn your party into a memorable celebration, bring excitement and attention to your promotional event, or turn your street fair into a festival. Available with 4 to 8 Musicians...

String of Pearls

String of Pearls has appeared in the JVC Jazz Festival, at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, Town Hall, the Latin Quarter, The Manhattan Center, The Battleship Intrepid and The Kennedy Center.