Editing Paul Wertico (section)

===Groups===
After [[Pat Metheny]] heard the Simon & Bard Group with Wertico and bassist [[Steve Rodby]], he invited both to join his band. During his time with Metheny, Wertico played on ten albums and four videos, appeared on television, and toured around the world. He won seven [[Grammy Awards]] (for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance," "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance," and "Best Rock Instrumental Performance"), magazine polls, and received several [[Music recording sales certification|gold records]].

He formed the Paul Wertico Trio with John Moulder and Eric Hochberg and collaborated with [[Larry Coryell]], [[Kurt Elling]], and [[Jeff Berlin]]. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of [[SBB (band)|SBB]], the platinum-record-winning Polish [[progressive rock]] band. Wertico was a member of the Larry Coryell Power Trio until Coryell's death in 2017.

In 2009, Wertico became a member of the jazz-rock group [[Marbin]] with Israeli musicians Danny Markovitch and Dani Rabin. The group performed as Paul Wertico's Mid-East/Mid-West Alliance and recorded an album for the Chicago Sessions label that received accolades from the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', ''[[DRUM!]]'', and ''[[Modern Drummer]]''.

Wertico formed Wertico Cain & Gray with multi-instrumentalists David Cain and [[Larry Gray]]. Their debut album ''Sound Portraits'' (2013) won Best Live Performance Album in the 13th Annual Independent Music Awards, and their fourth album ''Realization'' (2015) was nominated for Best Live Performance Album and Best Long Form Video in the 15th Annual Independent Music Awards.