Robert Thomas, Jr.

American jazz percussionist and hand drummer. Born in Miami, Florida.

[b]Be aware there exists a different [a=Bobby Thomas (2)] - American jazz drummer[/b]

Besides [a=Weather Report] through 1980–1981, Thomas played with [a=Jaco Pastorius]' [a=Word of Mouth Big Band] in 1981, [a=The Zawinul Syndicate], and individual artists including [a=Stan Getz], [a=Eddie Harris], [a=Ahmad Jamal], [a=Herbie Mann], [a=Branford Marsalis], [a=Roberto Perera], [a=David Sanborn] and [a=Carlos Santana]. World artists he has played with include sitar player [a=Amitava Chatterjee], and African artist [a=Vinx].