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Bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt Ventures Inspired Collaboration With Yonathan Avishai On The Rapturously Melodic 'Shir Yedidot'

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July 1, 2025

Bassist and composer Yosef Gutman Levitt of Jerusalem is back with an immersive new release, Shir Yedidot, continuing an inspired series of albums on the Soul Song label. On Shir Yedidot, Levitt explores material springing from melodies that have been adorned with prayer and tears for two thousand years. These tunes, studied with one of the tradition’s most respected masters, speak with voices that have been carried through generations. Recent work of Levitt’s on Soul Song includes Why Ten? (featuring ...

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Bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt Features Masterful Guitarist Gilad Hekselman On The Rapturously Melodic 'Why Ten?'

Source: Yosef Gutman Levitt
July 9, 2024

In what promises to be a prolific 2024 for the recently formed Soul Song Records, bassist and composer Yosef Gutman Levitt is proud to announce the release of Why Ten? featuring one of the world’s finest jazz guitarists, the renowned Gilad Hekselman. Why Ten? follows up Levitt’s captivating 2023 release Soul Song, an inspired outing with the great Lionel Loueke on guitar. This remarkable showcase finds the Tel Aviv–born, New York–based Hekselman in the company of Levitt on upright and ...

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