For the Illinois politician, see Chester C. Thompson. For the keyboardist, see Beyond Appearances.
Chester Thompson
Thompson drumming in 2008
Background information
Birth name
Chester Thompson
Born
(1948-12-11) December 11, 1948 (age 75) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres
Jazz
progressive rock
pop rock
jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Drummer
percussionist
Years active
1970–present
Member of
Chester Thompson Trio
Formerly of
The Mothers of Invention
Weather Report
Steve Hackett
Santana
Era
Website
chesterthompson.com
Musical artist
Chester Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, Genesis and Phil Collins.[1] Thompson has performed with his jazz group, the Chester Thompson Trio, since 2011.
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ChesterThompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report...
December 1976, it was announced that Bruford had been replaced by ChesterThompson. However, Collins continued to play the drums on all of the band's...
lifespan included Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson, Victor Bailey, ChesterThompson, Peter Erskine, Airto Moreira, and Alex Acuña. Throughout most of its...
Lenny Williams, Bruce Conte and Lenny Pickett, respectively, while ChesterThompson joined as the band's first keyboardist. In 1973 the band released a...
before he left the group. In 1976, Collins brought in American drummer ChesterThompson, formerly of Frank Zappa and Weather Report who became a mainstay of...
Fowler, Tom Fowler, and Ruth Underwood. Napoleon Murphy Brock and ChesterThompson also joined the band later that year. The final non-archival album...
use by a ruling authority of a government Approved, a 2013 album by ChesterThompson Trio Approved (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker album) This disambiguation...
1977 on Charisma Records, and was their first with touring drummer ChesterThompson and their last with guitarist Steve Hackett. The majority was recorded...
King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford joined for their 1976 tour before ChesterThompson took on the role for all future live dates. Lead guitarist Hackett's...
included Kansas drummer Phil Ehart, Genesis and Frank Zappa drummer ChesterThompson and former Mothers of Invention and Zappa bassist Tom Fowler. The tour...
(sax, flute and vocals), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Tom Fowler (bass), ChesterThompson (drums), Ralph Humphrey (drums), George Duke (keyboards, vocals), and...
Banks, and guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford, with touring drummer ChesterThompson and guitarist and bassist Daryl Stuermer, wrapped their 1980 tour of...
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