DownBeat’s “Jazz Artist of the Year” for two years running and a 2013 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, Vijay Iyer is among the most freely creative and forward–thinking musicians of our time.

Jazz Standard welcomes the “Jazz Band of the Year,” so named in the 22nd annual Jazz Journalists Asso­ciation Jazz Awards.

The Ritual Ensemble blends the improvisatory traditions of jazz with those of Indian classical music, with the singular voice of Ganavya Doraiswamy at the forefront.

Isles held nothing back on his debut solo release, Eclectic Excursions, featuring sixteen expansive tracks and a large and impres­sive supporting cast that includes (among others) Christian McBride, Jimmy Owens, David Gilmore, Stacy Dillard, Jaleel Shaw, and Frank Lacy.

Celebrating 90 years of Jimmy Cobb, the elder statesman of the flagship Miles Davis bands of the 1950s and early ‘60s. The drummer’s 2014 live CD The Original Mob featured pianist Brad Mehldau and guitarist Peter Bernstein.