Yosef Gutman Levitt

Yosef Gutman Levitt is a South African-born Israeli acoustic bass guitarist, upright bassist, and composer.

Early life and education Yosef Gutman Levitt was born in 1979 in South Africa. He grew up on a farm in Knoppieslaagte, a rural area, where he initially pursued piano lessons before switching to skateboarding at age 11. At 16, he rekindled his interest in music, inspired by the work of Weather Report's Jaco Pastorius, and began playing the bass guitar. He continued to focus on his technology venture, Mad Mimi until its acquisition in 2014 by GoDaddy. Following the acquisition Levitt worked on a number of startups with a return in 2018 to music, focusing on the acoustic bass guitar.

In 2023, Levitt collaborated with Lionel Loueke and released an album named Soul Song.

Albums Chabad Al Hazman (2019) The Sun Sings to Hashem (2020) Ashreinu (2022) Soul Song (2023) Tsuf Harim (2023) The World And Its People (2024) Unity (2024)