"The Wheel Sessions” is a jazz performance series hosted in Greenville South Carolina. Performances begin at 7:30 pm, and are held in front of an intimate listening audience.
... Now in its eighth year of presenting concerts, 120 sessions to date, The Wheel Sessions has established itself as the premier location for hearing great jazz in the Upstate. Its musicians regularly represent a wide radius, extending to Charlotte, Asheville, Atlanta, and Charleston. Semi-annual special event concerts feature international artists - Jon Faddis, Ignacio Berroa, and James Carter, Jorge Garcia, Marc Black, Louis Hayes, Herlin Riley, Terreon Gully, and Etienne Charles.
The original Wheel Sessions venue, The Wheel, was a shared arts space in the West Greenville Arts District. The Wheel was extremely warm and intimate, with couches, comfy chairs, and seating in the round. After roughly forty sessions in that space, the Wheel was converted into a retail space and the Wheel Sessions had to seek a new home. The sessions have settled on a most awesome location, a photography studio located in the Heddle Industrial Park on Rutherford Rd. Upon entering the studio you feel as though you've crossed a threshold into a NY City underground jazz club! - As of 2026 the Heddle Industrial Park has been sold. We are thankful for an amazing run at the Rutherford Rd studio; it was awesome! - We are now collaborating with Poe Mill Music for all upcoming shows. PMM is Greenville's coolest new recording studio and performance space. "We've found another gem!"
WHEEL SESSIONS
Brad Walker / Matt Booth / Al Sergel
Brad Walker is one of the most active and sought-after performers in the city of New Orleans. Perhaps best known for his “soaring” (Rolling Stone), “energetic” (NPR), and “tasteful” (Relix) solos on Saturday Night Live, the Grammys, and the Tonight Show with Nashville mega-star Sturgill Simpson, Walker has five full-length releases under his own name and a decade of music- making in the Crescent City under his belt.
Drummer and composer, Alfred Sergel IV, has shared the stage with Grammy award winning artists and recorded on numerous Billboard charting albums. The energy and excitement Sergel has brought to audiences worldwide supporting other artists, he now brings to support his own original music which fuses pop melodic undertones within a modern jazz context. Sergel’s original music has grabbed the attention of NPR Music, JAZZIZ Magazine and has hit the top 200 on the jazz charts.
Matt Booth is a bassist, composer, and educator based in Durham NC. Over the last decade, he has worked continuously in a wide range of groups and in various musical styles, both in his previous home of New Orleans, and touring around the world. He has a forthcoming album with a new quintet project, and has released numerous albums over the years as a co-leader of the piano trio Extended, his quartet Palindromes, and the guitar trio Some Antics.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
WHEEL SESSION 121
Brad Walker Trio
Poe Mill Music 7:30 pm
904 Pinckney St Greenville, SC 29609
Adults $25 Students $10
Tickets available SOON
