A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN (GEFÄSS DES LIEDES / TACHELES 2026)

In the organizer's words:

USA 1987, Documentary, 75 min

Director: Michal Goldman - OV (English)

With: Henry Sapoznik, Hankus Netsky, Michael Alpert, Judy Bressler, Don Byron

A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN was the first film about the klezmer revival. Michal Goldman captures the efforts of two pioneering groups - Kapelye and the Boston Klezmer Conservatory Band - to revive the lost history of klezmer music in the late 1980s. A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN follows the musical creation process of klezmer melodies from transcription to rehearsal to performance. Lively, clever and humorous, Michal Goldman combines rare footage of the late Dave Tarras, Leon Schwartz and Ben Gailing with dynamic encounters of younger musicians who have become the leading luminaries of klezmer - Henry Sapoznik, Hankus Netsky, Michael Alpert, Judy Bressler and jazz musician Don Byron, all of whom were still at the beginning of their careers in the film. This will be followed by a discussion with singer and musician Rosamond van Wingerden about the contemporary klezmer scene.

A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN was the first film about the Klezmer revival. Michal Goldman captures on camera the efforts of two pioneering groups in the late 1980s - Kapelye and the Boston Klezmer Conservatory Band - to revive the lost history of Klezmer music. A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN follows the musical creation process of Klezmer melodies from transcription through rehearsal to performance. Lively, clever, and humorous, Michal Goldman combines rare footage of the now-deceased grandmasters of Klezmer - including Dave Tarras, Leon Schwartz, and Ben Gailing - with dynamic encounters featuring younger musicians who have since become leading luminaries of Klezmer: Henry Sapoznik, Hankus Netsky, Michael Alpert, Judy Bressler, and jazz musician Don Byron, all of them at the beginning of their careers in the film. (English original version) The screening will be followed by a discussion with singer and musician Rosamond van Wingerden about the contemporary klezmer scene.

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