Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
44
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.
