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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.
In December 1976, it was announced that Bruford had been replaced by Chester Thompson. [19] However, Collins continued to play the drums on all of the band's studio recordings and he continued to play drums in concert for certain songs, including extended instrumental sections, and he often played percussion onstage while singing.
Tower of Power performing in 2014. Tower of Power (TOP) is an American rhythm and blues band from Oakland, California.Formed in August 1968, the group is centred on a horn section which originally featured tenor saxophonists Emilio "Mimi" Castillo and Steven "Skip" Mesquite, baritone saxophonist Stephen "Doc" Kupka, and trumpeters Greg Adams, David Padron, Mic Gillette and Ken Balzell.
Seconds Out is the second live album by English progressive rock band Genesis.It was released as a double album on 14 October 1977 on Charisma Records, and was their first with touring drummer Chester Thompson and their last with guitarist Steve Hackett.
Other prominent members throughout the band’s history included bassists Jaco Pastorius, Alphonso Johnson and Victor Bailey, drummers Chester Thompson and Peter Erskine, and percussionists Airto Moreira and Alex Acuña. A quintet of Zawinul & Shorter with a bassist, a drummer and a percussionist was the standard formation for Weather Report.
Hackett promoted the album with two shows in Tokyo in December 1996 with and all star line-up of John Wetton (King Crimson, Asia), Chester Thompson (Genesis, Santana), Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner) and Julian Colbeck (ABWH, Charlie). The concerts were recorded and filmed, later released as The Tokyo Tapes in 1998.
Thompson, who lived in Minnesota, had recently received threats but hadn’t altered his travel routine, said his wife, Paulette Thompson. He wasn't with a security detail when he was shot.
In addition to the core Genesis line-up of singer/drummer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony Banks, and guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford, the group perform with their longtime touring musicians, drummer Chester Thompson and guitarist/bassist Daryl Stuermer.