Resisei Lyla

By Yosef Gutman Levitt

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li; Kumi Lach; Mi Zot Olah; Nigun Funke; Resisei Lyla; Rachamim Rabim; Shuvi Shuvi; Sleeping, My Heart Awake; Tzei Lach; Yedid Nefesh.

Yosef Gutman Levitt: Day and Night

by Geno Thackara
March 11, 2026

You could say that Yosef Gutman Levitt makes a musical version of land art--that '60s-'70s movement that involved making images or sculptures fitted to existing landscapes, and often using the earth's own materials. The bassist likewise uses a worldly range of tones with no need to fit them into any particular roles, simply letting the sounds ...

Shir Yedidot

By Yosef Gutman Levitt

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pode El Hashem; Ya Lach Nafshi; Nigun Gaaguim; 117 Yedidot; Azamer Bishvachin; Burning Fire; Haroe; Nigun Simcha; Shafal Ruach; Vehacohanim; Yedidot 157; Yedidot 259.

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Mike Jurkovic
December 2, 2025

Many things besides the demise of democracy got in the way of listening to everything, but these are the discs still in heavy rotation. Vijay Iyer Thereupon Pi Recordings Gonzalo RubalcabaFirst Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club 5Passion Records

Tom, Dick & Harry Soul and Jazz

Tom, Dick & Harry

Giving every song a new life

Harry and Dick play soul and jazz songs together with the guitar named Tom. A song drifts in from somewhere. It can be a big band classic or a wall of sound hit. We pick it up, shake off all the feathers and make it our own. The two of us play the song with just the old jazz-guitar. We enjoy the discoveries, the collaboration. Feeling the rhythm. Playing with the words and the sounds. Trying to surprise each other. That's fun. We give every song we play a new life. That's what we do. It can be recognizable to the audience, but also very surprising.

Nigun Ga'aguim

October 5, 2025

Album: Shir Yedidot
By Yosef Gutman Levitt
Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:13

Yosef Gutman Levitt: Shir Yedidot

by Mike Jurkovic
August 5, 2025

There is a restive, Christmas-time sound of new hope and expectations running throughout Shir Yedidot that is hard to fathom at first, given that the repertoire moves effortlessly from Chabad nigunim (Hasidic wordless melodies) into original compositions.  It is as if the gifted trio--leader/bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt, pianist and ECM recording artist Yonathan Avishai  (Joys and ...

Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration

by Geno Thackara
March 18, 2025

Maybe Yosef Gutman Levitt just never needs to sleep. Amidst the demands of life and family, the worldly bassist somehow consistently manages to produce three or four albums a year, largely of original material, and each distinct enough that it never seems to be coasting on a formula. It also helps to have a globe-spanning cast ...

River of Eden

By Yosef Gutman Levitt

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Open Door; Nigun Al Achat; Gratitude; Nigun Ana Avda; Revolution; Resilience; Nigun Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor); Cinnamon Swirl; The Old City; Renewal; Reflection; Wave of Forgiveness.

Tsuf Harim

By Yosef Gutman Levitt

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Asader Leseudata; Nigun Shabbat; Sar Hamemunim; Atem Shalom; Adon Haselichot; Daar Oved; Ka Echsof; Lechatchila Ariber; Nigun Lubavitch; Teshuva; Nigun Purim; Nigun Gaaguim; Me-eyn Olam Haba; Nigun Simcha; The Warriors.