Joel Bernstein

Musician / Photographer / Writer / Archivist

Joel Bernstein.com Compilation of Photographs

Joel Bernstein 2000

Joel Bernstein photographer, musician, author and archivist and is the world's leading authority on Joni Mitchel, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. View Joel Bernstein's Library Collection of Ballads

Joel Bernstein was the consultant and a co-producer on the Joni Mitchell PBS American Master program helping to research, locate and compile the film, video,music, spoken word, photography, documents, etc. that make up the film. Joni MItchell: Woman of Heart and Mind" Aired April 2nd, 2003
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mitchell_j.html

Joel was also interviewed for a documentary produced and aired by the History Channel for the Arts and Entertainment program on Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.

Karen Ellis founder of the Educational CyberPlayGround first met and became friends with Joel when they were both eight years old while learning from George S. Britton their first guitar teacher at Jenkintown Music School. George was one of several who founded the Philadelphia Folksong Society in 1957. That's where we learned "Casey Jones", "Froggy Went a-Courtin' " and the basic three-chord guitar progressions. We started out with the ukelele, an instrument intoduced to Hawaii in the late 1800's by the Portugese. When they saw it played they thought their fingers moved like jumping fleas. Ukelele means "jumping fleas".

Aah we were so much younger then than now . . . 1971

1971

After lessons from George, Joel then studied guitar with our friend Tossi Aaron - performer, author, singer, Orff Teacher, and Founder of the Orff Schulwerk PAOSA chapter. In fact, it was Tossi who took an underage Joel (when we were in high school) to the Main Point where he met Joni Mitchell. Lots of bands played there like Muddy Waters, Doc Watson, John Prine, Steve Goodman and Bonnie Raitt and unknown comedian George Carlin.

I met Tossi in 1970 when she introduced me to Orff Schulwerk which I had experienced first when I was in 5th grade taught to me by Fanabell Kremins and many years have passed since then, but one constant is how Joel has always supported people who were interested in the arts, and culture.

Joel recorded and archived EVERYTHING else

Joel Bernstein.com Compilation of Photographs

Joel's Advice for students interested in photography
Joel Bernstein and Joni Mitchell Song Books
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Joni Mitchell and Joni Mitchell Discussion List - Roberta Joan Anderson born 11/7/43 in Alberta, Canada, turned 60 years old 2003. The Fort Macleod native inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame January 28, 2007.
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Neil Young Live At Massey Hall 1971 Trailer - Joel Bernstein speaking @ 2:50 then again :25

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I recorded children's indigenous playground poetry in 1978.
See Domino ©1990 book and cassette
60 Traditional Children's Songs, Games, Proverbs, and Culture From The American Virgin Islands
Cross Curricular, Interdisciplinary, Multicultural Resource 45 minute Live Sound Field Recording ©1979
National Children's Folksong Repository
The Historic Electronic Online Archive of Children's Folk songs. A Public Folklore Project built by the children of the United States and territories.

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:33:31 -0800
From: Joel Bernstein <xxx@xxx.xxx>
To: "K.Ellis"
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Hope you and okay otherwise, and congrats on finishing your funding video; what a treasure such a repository would be for this and later generations of children and adults...

take good care,

Joel