Yotam Silberstein blends bebop, blues, and global sounds on Standards, joined by legends John Patitucci and Billy Hart

Yotam Silberstein, one of the leading jazz guitarists of his generation, has gained acclaim for a sound rich in bebop and blues as well as musical folklore from South America, North Africa and the Middle East, giving his music an increasingly global thrust. Yotam Silberstein has created a body of work that is an affirmation of the human spirit. The idiom he utilizes is jazz, an organic American music that is itself a celebration of freedom. Yotam brings his own voice, transposed through the guitar, to bear witness to the better angels of human endeavor through harmony, melody, riffing, and the beauty of transcendent, virtuosic musical expression. On his new album Standards, Silberstein is joined by a straight-ahead legend in tenor saxophonist George Coleman, bassist’s bassist John Patitucci, and Billy Hart, a living legend o