A JUMPIN' NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
USA, 1988 English, 75 min., Director: Michal Goldman

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.

Lively, clever, and often humorous, this film contains rare footage of klezmer's immigrant elder statesmen, now no longer alive - including Dave Tarras, Leon Schwartz, and Ben Gailing. - and their dynamic encounters with the younger musicians who have become Klezmer's leading luminaries - Henry Sapoznik, Hankus Netsky, Michael Alpert, Judy Bressler, and the jazz musician Don Byron are all here in their early days.

Sunday, Jan. 20, 2:00 p.m., Manship Theatre Shaw Center
Guests: Panorama Jazz Band of New Orleans (above)

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