In the collection
3 records
Played with
Alphonso Johnson
3 records together
Weather Report
2 records together
Wayne Shorter
2 records together
Jaco Pastorius
2 records together
Alex Acuña
2 records together
Joe Zawinul
2 records together
Flora Purim
1 record together
Narada Michael Walden
1 record together
Don Alias
1 record together
Oscar Castro-Neves
1 record together
Byron Miller
1 record together
Airto Moreira
1 record together
About
Drummer and percussionist born December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
For the Tower of Power / Santana keyboard player, please use Chester Thompson (a.k.a Chester D. Thompson).
Thompson has toured and recorded since the 1970s with a number of different artists including O'Donel Levy (1971–1973), Frank Zappa / The Mothers (1973–1975), Weather Report (1975–1976), Genesis (1976–1992, 2007 as tour drummer), Steve Hackett (1978, 1995), Freddie Hubbard, Ahmad Jamal, Phil Collins (1982/83, 1985, 1990, 1999, 2004/05, 2010 as tour drummer), Santana, Bee Gees, Ron Kenoly (1992–1995), Era, John Fogerty, Kirk Whalum, and Michael McDonald, and Taj Mahal & Keb Mo 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).
From Discogs.