Paul Wertico - The Yin And The Yout

Paul Wertico is the drummer with one of the most successful jazz bonds in the world, the PAT ETHENY GROUP, since 1983. Since then, Paul Wertico has participated on all PAT METHENY - and PAT METHENY GROUP-albums, including the GRAMMY AWARD winning recordings "First Circle" 1984, "Stil Lite (Tolkin )" 1987 and "Letter From Home" 1989. Paul also played on the soundtrack for "The Falcon and the Snowmen" which included the hit "This is not America" sung by David Bowie, and Paul played on PAT METHENY'S solo-album "Secret Story".
Finally, Paul Wertico comes up with a (not only by Pat Metheny Fans) Iong awaited solo album: "The Yin and the Yout" features Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman, Victor Bailey, Richie Beirach, Mino Cinelu and Dave Holland. And, of course, a very special guest by the name of YU GNO WHU joins in: you know, who !!! "The Yin and the Yout" is an exceptional album with a killer line up, very beautiful tracks, and the master himself on guitar backs up his exceptional drummer tor this solo project!

''Exotic textures, polyrhythms, and sound ideas mark this debut solo recording from Metheny band drummer Paul Wertico.'' (Downbeat, USA)