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Jazz Guitar Influences: Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Jim Hall, Ed Bickert. Howard Roberts and of course, Chet • Jazz in General: Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Paul Desmond, Ira Sullivan, Chet Baker • General Music: James Taylor, Paul Simon, Bruce Hornsby, Alison Krauss • Experimental: Harry Partch.

"The Virgin Spring", "Wild Strawberries", "The Seventh Seal", "Five Easy Pieces", "In The Company Of Men" and most of John Cassavetes's films • When I was a kid: "Hercules" with Steve Reeves (the best) or any movie with Gordon Scott in it.

Key personnel who worked on my films:

The Gamesman (1990):

Actors: Greg Amirault, Patricia Zentilli, Gary Tanner & Bruce Jacobs. Director, camera, sound, lights, music & editing: Joel Zemel

My Doctor's Family (1993):

Camera: Mark Simkins; Sound & Lights: Doug Pope; Director, camera, lights, sound, editing and music composition: Joel Zemel

Sonja (1995):

Camera: Dave Middleton, Doug Pope; Sound: Doug Pope, Julie Fenton, Mike Greer; Lights: Doug Pope. Director, camera, lights, sound, editing and music composition: Joel Zemel

Bad Time Blues (1996):

Actors: Steven Manuel & Mary-Colin Chisholm
Director: Joel Zemel; Camera: David Albiston; Camera Assistant & Photographer: David Middleton; Grip/Gaffer: Todd Murchie; Editor: Joel Zemel; Co-producers: Sonja Wood, Joel Zemel. Song by Sonja Wood.

Click to hear:
Weary With Toil/When In Disgrace With Fortune (1998)

- from "Walter Borden Reads Sonnets by William Shakespeare to the Music of Fernando Sor". Guitarist: Paul Martell. Producer/Recordist: J. Zemel. © Joel Zemel

CD cover image painted by Kathy Seaboyer

Growing up: "Zorro" with Guy Williams, "Wild Bill Hickock" with Guy Madison, "All In The Family", "Star Trek". Adult: "House", "Dead Like Me", "Boston Legal".

"On Writing" by Stephen King, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill, "Out of The Silent Planet" and "That Hideous Strength" by C. S. Lewis.

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Joel Zemel's Films

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Films: 5

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Sonja (1995) Director: J. Zemel - short clip

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The Gamesman (1990) Director: J. Zemel - (short clip)

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My Doctor's Family (1993) Director: J. Zemel - (short clip)

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Bad Time Blues (1996) Director: J. Zemel;

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Very Early by Bill Evans. Guitarist: Joel Zemel (2007)

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Joel Zemel lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Forty+ years as a professional guitarist. Specializes in Jazz/Blues/Folk and is adept at various acoustic guitar styles • Teaches jazz guitar privately • Performs occasionally • Worked for many years playing concerts, doing television work, theatre and performing in bands • Studied guitar in Miami (1975-76) with Vincent Bredice • Involved in various commercial recording projects as a musician and producer • Has accompanied such diverse national and international personalities as Stan Rogers, Amanda Ambrose, Marc Connors (The Nylons), Rory Dodd (Meatloaf/James Taylor/Bonnie Tyler), Brian "Too Loud" MacLeod (Chilliwak/The Headpins), Dinah Christie, Warren Chiasson, Rob McConnell, Peter Appleyard, Chuck Berry, Max Weinberg (E Street Band/Conan O'Brien), Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan (The Turtles, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention), Denny Doherty (The Mamas & The Papas) and fiddler, Lee Cremo. Produced single The Harmony In You And Me Is Gone and Atlanta Georgia Stray for rockabilly star, Buddy Knox.

Produced, directed and composed music for own independent films • Involved with local independent film production in many areas with emphasis on editing and sound recording • Maintains an online film and music information website: SVP Productions • Recently completed a novel and is writing a play based on the life and times of 19C. fiddle player from Pictou, N.S. named James Barry.

Contact e-mail: jzemel@svpproductions.com.

Visit my website regarding the analysis of two photographs of the 1917 Halifax Explosion blast cloud entiled, "The Anatomy OF A Disaster".

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