Editing Paul Wertico (section)

===Appearances and other work===
Wertico played drums on [[Paul Winter]]'s 1990 Grammy-nominated album, ''Earth: Voices of a Planet''. He played on vocalist [[Kurt Elling]]'s 1995 Grammy-nominated album, ''Close Your Eyes'', as well as Elling's 1997 Grammy-nominated album, ''The Messenger'', 1998 Grammy-nominated album, ''This Time It's Love'', and 2003 Grammy-nominated album, ''Man in the Air''.

Some of the many other artists Paul has played with: [[Eddie Harris]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[Dave Liebman]], [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]], [[Bob Mintzer]], [[Terry Gibbs]], [[Buddy DeFranco]], [[Roscoe Mitchell]], [[Evan Parker]], [[Jay McShann]], [[Herbie Mann]], [[Randy Brecker]], [[Sonny Fortune]], [[George Coleman]], [[Diane Schuur]], [[Ira Sullivan]], and [[Ramsey Lewis]].

He hosted his own radio show, ''Paul Wertico's Wild World of Jazz'', from 2010 to 2012. As Musical Director for the crowdsourced TV video series, ''Inventing the Future'', Wertico was nominated for a 2012–2013 Emmy Award in the “Outstanding Achievement In Interactivity” category by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Midwest Chapter.

He's the inventor of TUBZ, made by Pro-Mark, which also made the "Paul Wertico Signature Drum Stick".

In November 2024, Dream Cymbals released two Paul Wertico signature flat ride cymbals, the 20” & 22” [https://dreamcymbals.com/wertico-ride Bliss WERTICO RIDE].