A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden (1987)

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden was the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band, to recover the lost history of klezmer music. For nearly a millennium, this vigorous and soulful music was part of the celebration of Jewish life in Eastern Europe. In the early decades of this century, the music took root in America. Klezmer musicians learned hundreds of tunes by ear and their ears were open to Gypsy, Ukrainian and Greek melodies of the old world, as well as to the new sounds of American jazz. Music born in Eastern Europe lived on in the imaginations of composers for New York's Yiddish theater, men whose tunes entered the mainstream through such unlikely adapters as the Andrew Sisters. Eventually Klezmer went underground as its audience assimilated into mainstream American culture.

Casting arrow_drop_down

Leon Schwartz
as Himself

Hankus Netsky
as Himself

Don Byron
as Himself

Michael Alpert
as Himself

Henry Sapoznik
as Himself

Judy Bressler
as Herself

Dave Tarras
as Himself

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Michal Goldman
Editor

Michal Goldman
Director

Michal Goldman
Producer

Boyd Estus
Director of Photography

Colin Macnab
Sound Director

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