Chester Thompson

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[b]Drummer and percussionist[/b] born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

[b]For the [a=Tower of Power] / [a=Santana] keyboard player, please use [a=Chester Thompson (2)] (a.k.a Chester D. Thompson).[/b]

Thompson has toured and recorded since the 1970s with a number of different artists including [a=O'Donel Levy] (1971–1973), [a=Frank Zappa] / [a=The Mothers] (1973–1975), [a=Weather Report] (1975–1976), [a=Genesis] (1976–1992, 2007 as tour drummer), [a=Steve Hackett] (1978, 1995), [a=Freddie Hubbard] (1979), [a=Ahmad Jamal] (1980), [a=Phil Collins] (1982/83, 1985, 1990, 1999, 2004/05, 2010 as tour drummer), Santana (1984), [a=Bee Gees] (1989), [a=Ron Kenoly] (1992–1995), [a=Era] (1996), [a=John Fogerty] (1997), [a=Kirk Whalum] (1997), and [a=Michael McDonald] (2000), and [a=Taj Mahal] & [a=Keb Mo] (2017) among many others. While still busy recording and performing, he also gives drum lessons at Belmont University (Nashville, TN, USA), along with doing clinics and directing a jazz ensemble. He has lived in Los Angeles (CA, USA) and London (UK), but now is living in Nashville (TN, USA).