Chester Thompson
Actor
- Born
- December 11, 1948 (age 77) · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Chester Cortez Thompson is an American musician. He is primarily a drummer, percussionist, session musician, producer, and teacher. Thompson is perhaps best known for working with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention from 1973 to 1975, and with the progressive rock band Genesis from 1977 to 1992, and again in 2007. He is a current member of his jazz group, the Chester Thompson Trio, formed in 2011.
Known for
Zappa
November 27, 2020
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
May 3, 2016
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
May 26, 2008
Genesis - Three Sides Live
November 28, 1981
Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004
July 7, 2004
Phil Collins: Finally... The First Farewell Tour
June 15, 2004
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
May 1, 2007
Santana: Supernatural Live
January 1, 2000
Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live
July 15, 1990
Genesis | Songbook
September 25, 2001
Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC
October 28, 2010
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
June 1, 1982
Acting46
- 2025Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep as Self (drums)
- 2023Louder Than Rock as Self
- 2020Zappa as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2015Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie as Himself
- 2014Cheepnis as Himself
- 2013Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme as Himself
- 2010Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC as Self - Drums
- 2010The Drummers of Frank Zappa Roundtable Discussion and Performance as Self