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 Yonathan Avishai (Joys and Solitudes, 2019; with trumpeter Avishai Cohen Playing the Room, 2019) and oudist Yagel Haroush. Haroush also adds depth and texture playing the kamancheh (Persian bowed instrument) and ney (end-blown wood flute). The players seem to have set out to exclaim all the joy in all our voices and how those voices together radiate out to each other. Over days, over years, over centuries.

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