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

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Michael Paul Band

What kind of music do you get when you take 5 professional musicians that all have rock and jazz roots but love country? You get Cowboy Rock! The Michael Paul Band is the definition of Cowboy Rock Music...

Mick Martin

For the sixth straight year, Real Blues magazine of Canada has honored Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers as Best West Coast Blues Band, a real coup considering the hard-core traditionalist attitude of its founder/editor, Andy Grigg...

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.

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...

New Morty Show

With numerous U.S. tours and continuous regional touring, The New Morty Show's many sold-out performances have been seen nationwide. A few sell-out venues include The Fillmore - San Francisco's classic night spot - Bimbo's 365 Club, as well as New York City's Supper Club, Boston's Roxy Theatre and The Montreal Jazz Festival...

Pride and Joy

This group is the Pride of the Bay Area and a Joy to anyone who loves to dance. They have achieved this by presenting the most timeless pop/soul music of our time in an electrifying high-style show that pulls the audience directly into the heart of their performance...

Nigerian Brothers

Nigerian master musician Ken Okulolo and his brothers are among the few top contemporary Nigerian musicians with deep roots in African folk and highlife music...

Rain

There are other acts who respectfully attempt to replicate a subset of the Beatles music, but only RAIN can perform the full range of the Beatles discography live onstage...

Juanita Ulloa

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

Kaweh

KAWEH'S repertoire consists of original upbeat compositions including various easy listening, romantic pieces. KAWEH also covers songs by the Gipsy Kings and several Italian and Latin standards...