Chester Thompson
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-12-11 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known As
Genesis
Chester Cortez Thompson
Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
The Chester Thompson Trio
Chester Thompson
Biography
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.
Acting
2004
as Self - Drums
2008
as Self
1982
2014
as Himself
1990
as Self - Drums, Percussion
1988
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2001
as Self
1981
as Self - Drums
1993
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1992
2007
as Self
2000
as Self
2023
as Self
2010
2001
as Himself - Drums
1989
2004
as Self - Drums
2005
as Himself
2005
as Self - Keyboards
2013
as Himself
1980
as Self
1983
1987
2008
as Self
1992
as Self
1988
2015
1985
1982
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Drums and Percussion
2025
as Self (drums)
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