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Yosef Gutman
Yosef Gutman’s modest, soulful playing radiates a thoughtful beauty, a bright colored land of sound. A sound that’s drawn by the quill of the soul, tradition and world music influences, something completely unique and ever changing. A music that is rooted in Jerusalem but draws on global inspirations. "There is something so luminous, open-hearted and wholly unique about ... Yosef Gutman Levitt" - Bill Milkowsky, Downbeat. Raised on a remote farm in South Africa, about an hour outside Johannesburg, Levitt picked up the electric bass at age 16, inspired by Jaco Pastorius and Weather Report. Two years later, he received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied during the late 1990s alongside such budding talents as guitarist Lionel Loueke, drummers Ziv Ravitz and Kendrick Scott, and saxophonists Dayna Stephens and Walter Smith III and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. After moving to New York in the early 2000s, Levitt began gigging on the scene with the likes of Lionel Loueke, Ben Monder and Robert Stillman, But by 2007, he had become disillusioned. Teaching himself how to code, Levitt founded a technology startup. Then, in 2009, he moved to Jerusalem and put music on hold for a decade. He returned to music full-time in 2019 with the release of his debut recording, Chabad Al Hazam, a collection of nigunim (Hassidic melodies). “Those 10 years were powerful for me,” he said, “because they helped me un-learn music, and play again."

Songs

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Kumi Lach
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The Life of Sarah
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Melody of Shabbat, Pt. 2 (feat. Tom Oren, Yagel Haroush, Gilad Ronen & Itamar Doari)
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Ya Lach Nafshi (feat. Yonathan Avishai & Yagel Harush)
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Poltova
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Albums

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Shir Yedidot (feat. Yonathan Avishai)

2025
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Chabad Al Hazman

2019
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Soul Song (feat. Lionel Loueke)

2023
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Ashreinu

2022
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Tal Yasis (feat. Tal Yahalom)

2021

Singles & EPs

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Kumi Lach

Single • 2025
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Time With Abba

Single • 2022
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MOMENTS

EP • 2025
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The Life of Sarah

Single • 2021
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Ya Lach Nafshi (feat. Yonathan Avishai & Yagel Harush)

Single • 2025
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Poltova

Single • 2022

Videos

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Soul Song (feat. Lionel Loueke)

Yosef Gutman • 7.5K views
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יוסף גוטמאן | שירת השמש והירח | Yosef Gutman

Yosef Gutman • 90K views
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Melody of Gathering

איתמר דוארי, Yagel Harush, Yosef Gutman, and Tom Oren • 9.9K views

Playlists by Yosef Gutman

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