DRUMMER-COMPOSER Johnathan Blake is set to release his powerful new Blue Note album My Life Matters later this year.

Farnsworth spent years playing with his heroes. “The Big Room,” a new album due Friday, features a cast of rising stars.

Step inside this Bed-Stuy brownstone and you’ll swear you’ve been whisked back to a jazz venue in 1940s Brooklyn. Housed in a 19th-century home with floral drapes, moody lamps and live music, this ...