Chicago College of Performing Arts: Jazz & Contemporary Music Studies

I had a truly wonderful time playing with Mike Stern & Eric Hochberg at PM Woodwind in Evanston, IL today, and a huge thank you to owner Paul Maslin for hosting such a fantastic event!!!

5 Years Ago!!!
https://drummagazine.com/fearlessly-creative-drummer-paul-wertico-i-feel-like-a-percussion-ensemble-when-i-play/?fbclid=IwAR1lKMVuWcD9NuBtr4TGxhUEVkKEZdPrItFR2WWoBkr7sStkWRc67uOFq_g

Paul Wertico | Fearlessly Creative Drummer | Drum Magazine The incredibly versatile Paul Wertico has won seven Grammys in categories including jazz fusion, contemporary jazz, and instrumental rock.

Besides teaching drums privately for over 55 years, I’ve also had the honor and pleasure of teaching music at a number of prestigious schools, including 21 years now at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Art, where, as a tenured Associate Professor Jazz and Contemporary Music Studies, I’ve had (and have) so many amazing students. This Spring semester I’ve been coaching two great combos, including the Avant-Garde Combo who just performed a concert on Monday, April 1 in RU’s Gage Gallery. Here’s a video of one of the compositions they performed (“Asr” composed by Abdullah Ibrahim). I hope you agree with me that the future of music is in very good hands!!!

Asr - Abdullah Ibrahim - CCPA Blues & Avant-Garde Combos (4.1.24) Asr - Abdullah IbrahimProgram:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vcb5CnKtKFrfJooZHCCdoYeU_Ur94H_n/view?usp=drive_linkAvant-Garde ComboPaul Wertico, directorQui...

University buildings are closed today! Stay safe and warm out there, friends!

Paul Wertico Trio performing April 8th & 9th featuring Fabrizio Mocata on piano and Gianmarco Scaglia on bass. Admission $15 - Reservations Required.

Phase Dancing: Gottlieb, Wertico, Sanchez—The Art of Drumming in the Pat Metheny Group article @ All About Jazz Phase Dancing: Gottlieb, Wertico, Sanchez—The Art of Drumming in the Pat Metheny Group article by Joseph Vella, published on March 24, 2022 at All About Jazz. Find more Interview articles

As one of the most iconic rhythm sections of modern jazz history, bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Paul Wertico gained widespread international acclaim as long time members of the Pat Metheny Group, which they both joined in the early 1980s.

The Rodby/Wertico sound is an integral part of some of the most revered and greatest masterpiece albums by the Pat Metheny Group, such as “First Circle”, “Still Life (Talking)”, “Letter From Home” and “The Road To You”.

It is a great honour and rare privilege to have them appear together as featured guest artists with the Niels Lan Doky International Jazz Collective for this JAZZ/TAKE on 1970s Disco, with jazz interpretations of songs by Donna Summer, CHIC, Bee Gees, KC and The Sunshine Band, ABBA and Sister Sledge.

📅 Join us on Friday, October 8 at 20:30 (8:30 PM) at Louisiana Museum

Steve Rodby (bass/US)
Paul Wertico (drums/US)
Mathias Heise (harmonica/DK)
Thomas Clausen (piano/DK)

🎫 Info & Tickets available at:
https://www.internationaljazzcollective.com/events/jazztakes-1970s-disco

❗️ FB Event: JAZZ/TAKE - Steve Rodby & Paul Wertico / 1970s DISCO

I'm really looking forward to performing at Hey Nonny again tonight with Paul Wertico & Friends (featuring John Moulder & Eric Hochberg (these photos are from our last performance there back in May 2019). Tickets are going fast, so get them while they're still available and I hope to see you there!!!

LOW TICKET ALERT!!! Get your tickets ASAP for tomorrow night's show, they're going fast! I hope to see you there!!!

Paul Wertico w/ John Moulder & Eric Hochberg at Hey Nonny https://www.heynonny.com/shows/paul-wertico-friends-2/

Paul Wertico w/ John Moulder & Eric Hochberg at Hey Nonny https://www.heynonny.com/shows/paul-wertico-friends-2/