Home Musical artists Chester Thompson Chester Thompson Musical artist Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer and session musician. Personal facts Birth dateDecember 11, 1948 Birth placeMaryland , United States , Baltimore facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Musical artist Career started1973 associated musical artistFrank ZappaSteve HackettGenesis (band)Phil CollinsWeather ReportEra (musical project)Ron Kenoly BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist genreProgressive rockJazz fusionPop rock instrumentDrummer Topical connections Alex AcuñaMusical artist Airto MoreiraMusical artist Amy SpeaceMusical artist Daryl StuermerMusical artist Anthony PhillipsMusical artist Adam NussbaumMusical artist Adam CruzMusical artist Andy NewmarkMusical artist Ahmad JamalMusical artist Aaron NevilleMusical artist Aaron CometbusMusical artist Chester Thompson on Wikipedia Chester Thompson External resources http://worldofgenesis.com/ChesterThompson-interview-2002.htm http://www.chesterthompson.com http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Chester_Thompson.html http://www.stevehackett.com/albums/revisited.html http://www.worldofgenesis.com/ChesterThompson-biography.htm