During his tenure with Metheny Wertico played on ten recordings and four videos, appeared on television and toured around the world.

Offramp marked the first appearance of bassist Steve Rodby ( replacing Mark Egan ) and Brazilian " guest artist " Nana Vasconcelos whose work on percussion and wordless vocals marked the first addition of Latin music shadings to the Group's sound, a trend which would continue and intensify on First Circle with the addition of Argentinian multi-instrumentalist Pedro Aznar, which also marked the group debut of drummer Paul Wertico ( replacing Dan Gottlieb )-both Rodby and Wertico were members of the Fred Simon Group at the time, and had played in Simon-Bard as well, in Chicago, before joining Metheny.

* Paul Wertico ( 2000 – 2007 ) – drums

The album features Edward Petersen and Von Freeman on tenor saxophone, Dave Onderdonk on guitar, Laurence Hobgood on piano, Eric Hochberg and Rob Amster on acoustic bass, and Paul Wertico on drums.

* Paul Wertico – drums on " Minuano ( Six-Eight )"

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

Wertico has also served on the faculty of the percussion and jazz-studies programs at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Wertico has appeared on the covers of Drum Tracks, Modern Drummer, Chicago Jazz, Percussioni ( Italy ), Belgo Beat ( Belgium ), PerQsja ( Poland ) and Bateristas al Sur ( South America ).

Wertico is featured on the Drum Workshop videos " The American Dream II " and " The American Dream III.

In 2011 Rodby joined forces once again with drummer Paul Wertico ( alongside Israeli musicians Danny Markovitch ( sax ), and Dani Rabin ( guitar )) on Marbin's record Breaking the Cycle.

Paul Wertico ( born January 5, 1953 in Chicago ) is an American drummer.

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.

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Developed by Paiste in the 1960s, flat rides are used by notable drummers Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Wertico, Carter Beauford and Charlie Watts.

* The Sign Of Four ( with Pat Metheny, Gregg Bendian, Paul Wertico, Knitting Factory, 1997 )

Drummer Paul Wertico replaced Dan Gottlieb in 1983 and continued to play with the group for more than 18 years, until he was replaced by Antonio Sanchez, currently also a member of The Pat Metheny Trio.

Other long-standing members include Paul Wertico who was the drummer for 18 years.

First Circle also marked the group debut of drummer Paul Wertico ( replacing Danny Gottlieb ).

* Paul Wertico, 1983-2001 ( Drums )

* Paul Wertico

Wertico has also released nine recordings as co-leader: a self-titled LP, " Earwax Control ", and a live Earwax Control CD entitled, 2 LIVE "; a self-titled LP, " Spontaneous Composition "; a drum / percussion duo CD ( with Gregg Bendian ) entitled " BANG!

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

In 2004 Wertico was honored as a Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune ; he has been recommended by that newspaper and the Chicago Sun-Times for album-of-the-year awards.

Wertico is also active in the field of education.

Allmusic reported: " Wertico and his players have done something wonderful and rare: they've actually created something not only different, but also truly new ".

Metheny heard the Simon Bard Group with Wertico and bassist Steve Rodby, and invited both to join his band.

When not touring, Wertico divides his career among session work, producing, teaching, composing and leading his own groups.

Wertico is a member of the Larry Coryell Trio.

Wertico conducts drum clinics and master classes at universities, high schools and music stores.

" In 2007 Wertico and Brian Peters released their CD, " Ampersand ," which Drummerszone. com called " Simply a musical masterpiece " and Classic Drummer described as " one of the most ambitious records ever released.

Don, who played drums, hasn't seen his chum since.

The group recorded lead singer Matt Thiessen making drum noises and played them with electronic drums to make the song.

In his teens, he played drums and sang back-up with a local band called The Teen Tones, which later went on to tour with such acts as Bobby Darin and Gene Vincent.

Coming from a jazz background, Daihachi Oguchi speculated why the Taiko drums had never previously been played as an ensemble before.

Arnaz, Jr. played the drums and, supported by the SNL band, Desi sang both " Babalu " and another favorite from his dance band days, " Cuban Pete "; the arrangements were similar to the ones used on I Love Lucy.

A drum kit, drum set or trap set is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments set up to be played by a single player.

* One or more tom-tom drums, played with the sticks.

In military and orchestral music settings, drums and cymbals were traditionally played separately by one or many percussionists.

With the ascendance of rock and roll, a watershed moment occurred between 1962 and 1964 when the Surfaris released " Wipe Out ," and when Ringo Starr of The Beatles played his Ludwig kit on American television ; events that motivated legions to take up the drums.

Tom-tom drums or toms for short are drums without snares and played with sticks, and are the most numerous drums in almost all kits.

Similarly, most hand drums cannot be played with drum sticks without risking damage to the head and to the bearing edge, which is not protected by a drum rim.

* Gong drums ( single headed bass drums, played with sticks or mallets ).

Bob played electric guitar, and Jim provided percussion using a set of homemade electronic drums.

Jeffry took up drums at 13, and played throughout his teen years.

During its short duration, Sandy Nelson, Torrence's neighbor, played drums, and future Beach Boy Bruce Johnston, occasionally sang and played piano.

He was also the Host of the 230th July 4, 2006 of the PBS July 4 " A Capitol Fourth " Celebrations in Washington, D. C. in which he sang, danced, and played tuned drums.

From late 1962 until the spring of 1964, he played drums for The Beachcombers, a London cover band notable for renditions of songs by Cliff Richard.

A local drummer in the audience, Scot Halpin, came up and played the drums for the rest of the show.

In 1974, Moon played drums on Harry Nilsson's album " Pussy Cats ", which was produced by John Lennon.

Moon played drums on only three tracks.

In late 1975, Moon played drums on the track " Bo Diddley Jam " on Bo Diddley's The 20th Anniversary of Rock ' n ' Roll all-star album.