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

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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.

Commander Dale Snodgrass

With over 5,000 flight hours and 1,287 arrested carrier landings in the famed Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Snort is the most experienced Tomcat pilot in the world and a highly decorated combat veteran...

Dr. Lillian Glass

Dr. Lillian Glass is one of the world's most well respected and foremost authorities in the field of Communication. As a renowned Body Language expert, she has demonstrated her skills throughout the media and in the legal fields...

Joe O'Brien

Joe O'Brien has traveled an incredible road of hardship, triumph and re-birth. From his career as a Collegiate All-American and NFL player with the New Orleans Saints, O'Brien fell fast and hard...

Alejandro Jauregui

Alejandro Jauregui is wonderful solo pianist with a flair for the moment and an elegant repertoire of perfect mood music. Alejandro has been providing piano music at cocktail hours for many years in the Bay Area. He is also a wonderful bandleader and on-stage personality.

Angelica Hayden

Pianist/Vocalist Angelica Hayden performs top-40, contemporary, jazz standards, classical and country music as well as her originals (upon request)...

Anna Kristina

Particularly touched by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin , Chaka Kahn, Sting, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O' Day, and Marvyn Gaye many to refer to her as a musician's singer...