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In recent years, Wertico has continued to tour and perform around the Chicago metropolitan area, where he is based.

This led to the creation of his own band ( the Paul Wertico Trio ) and collaborations with jazz notables such as Larry Coryell, Kurt Elling and Jeff Berlin.

These collaborations enabled Wertico to be featured on group recordings in a variety of musical genres, and gave him an opportunity to produce records.

In 2009, Wertico's trio joined forces with Marbin, which consists of Israeli musicians Danny Markovitch ( saxophone ) and Dani Rabin ( guitar ).

The group performs as Paul Wertico's Mideast-Midwest Alliance, and recorded an album for the Chicago Sessions label.

The recording received positive reviews from the Chicago Tribune, Drum!

and Modern Drummer.

It received a 4. 5 ( out of 5 )- star rating by Down Beat, and was rated one of the best 50 albums of 2010.