The Composer’s Room | Justin Stanton & Thommy Knoles

Every third Thursday, Joe Enright hosts an intimate, ever-changing night of original music—spotlighting a different featured artist each month. Blending jazz with each artist’s unique voice, the evening weaves original compositions with a curated selection of their personal influences and favorite tunes.

Anchored by one of the region’s most in-demand drummers, Composer’s Room offers a rare glimpse inside the creative process, where collaboration, experimentation, and storytelling take center stage.

August 2026 Featured Composers:

Thommy Knoles is a Berklee College of Music graduate, keyboardist, producer, and composer whose music blends jazz, funk, hip-hop, and electronic influences. An in-demand collaborator and bandleader, he brings a fresh, improvisational approach shaped by years of performance and production across a wide range of musical projects.

Justin Stanton is a four-time Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, keyboardist, composer, and producer best known as a core member of the internationally acclaimed jazz-fusion collective Snarky Puppy. His dynamic performances and genre-defying compositions have taken him to stages around the world alongside some of today’s most celebrated artists

$10 weekdays -$15 weekends at the door (all ticket proceeds are 100% passed to the band, backed by a living wage guarantee from Hotel Eve)

*Reserve a table in advance, or join us impromptu the night of the show. Reservations/advance tickets are recommended for preferred seating, but not required. Tickets are available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.  Event Details and Tickets

Hotel Eve is your locally rooted, speakeasy jazz club & cocktail bar, hidden in the heart of Downtown Asheville. Mysteriously not a hotel…check in for spirits, souls and jazz! We’re tucked away, on purpose. You’ll find us behind the gate nestled between Virtue Boutique and Dane Wells Gallery at 56 N Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Step through, take a left into the courtyard, check in for Spirits, Souls & Jazz. We’ll be waiting on the other side. hotelevejazz.com