Tony Black Trio w/ Jeff Sipe & Mike Barnes

Tony Black is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer based in Waynesville, North Carolina. He curates this ensemble of jazz musicians with a shared focus on jazz as an improvisational art form and vehicle for higher expression.

While widely recognized for his work in successful rock projects, including the Marshall Tucker Band, Tony has maintained a deep and enduring relationship with jazz throughout his career. From 1998–2000, he performed with EYEDENTITY, an innovative jazz project that at various times featured legendary Brazilian jazz artists Flora Purimand Airto Moreira, alongside Motown studio icon Wah Wah Watson.

In the Asheville area, Tony has performed jazz with notable musicians including Mike Barnes, Alan Hall, Jeff Sipe, Mike Rhodes, and Jason DeCristofaro, among many others. Grounded in tradition and driven by exploration, Tony’s work honors the spirit of jazz while pushing toward new expressive possibilities

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

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