“There’s no substitute for having a shared experience where you can hear an entire room of people all breathing together. I hear it all the time. It happens in the course of making music. It brings people into the ritual of oneness. It’s a real thing. Every musician knows this. It has nothing to do with genre or style. It’s basically the humanity that binds us all together.” (Vijay Iyer to Dan Ouellette – DownBeat, August 2016)   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. This week at Jazz Standard, the pianist, composer and bandleader will present a series of special projects that together will comprise a high point in New York’s musical year.  Vijay Iyer – piano Linda Oh – bass Tyshawn Sorey – drums