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Shir Yedidot

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pode El Hashem; Ya Lach Nafshi; Nigun Gaaguim; Shir Yedidut 117; Azamer Bishvachin; Burning Fire; The Shepherd; Nigun Simcha; Shfal Ruach; Ve'Hacohanim; Shir Yedidut 259; Shir Yedidut 157.

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Nigun Ga'aguim

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Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 03:13

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Ya Lach Nafshi

Featuring the music of Yosef Gutman Levitt
Duration: 3:40

A stirring Moroccan melody featuring intimate conversations between piano (Yonathan Avishai) and multi-instrumentalist Yagel Harush playing Oud, Ney and Kamanche.
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Article: Album Review

Yosef Gutman Levitt: Shir Yedidot

Read "Shir Yedidot" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


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 ...

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News: Recording

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

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

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 ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration

Read "Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration" reviewed by Geno Thackara


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 ...

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Why Ten?

Label: Soul Song Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rushing Rapid; Why Ten?; Nigun 551; B'Nei Heichala; Desert Days; From Darkness To Light; From The Water; Arava Route 90; Soul Spark; Neria'S Farm; Two Souls; Walking In Simplicity.

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River of Eden

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.

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Unity

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tsama Lecha Nafshi I; Tsama Lecha Nafshi II; Kremenchoger I; Nigun Ga'aguim I; Nigun Ga'aguim II; Rain Melody; The Way Back Home; Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim; Kremenchoger II.

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Article: Year in Review

Geno Thackara's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

Read "Geno Thackara's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024" reviewed by Geno Thackara


The year has unfortunately not allowed for reviewing anything near as much as I'd hoped, but the lack of coverage certainly does not mean a lack of quality--as always, there are some picks that just keep finding their way back to my speakers again and again. I'll add a quick honorable mention for Ultraviolet's Ripples and ...


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