Chester Thompson
Actor
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.
Filmography
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage) 2016
Genesis: When in Rome 2007
as Self 2008
Genesis - Three Sides Live
as Self - Drums 1981
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
as Self (archive footage) 2007
Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004
as Self - Drums 2004
Phil Collins: Finally... The First Farewell Tour
as Self - Drums 2004
Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live
as Self - Drums, Percussion 1990
Santana: Supernatural Live
as Self 2000
Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC
as Self - Drums 2010
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!
as Self 1982
Genesis | Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
as Self 1984
Genesis | Songbook
as Self 2001
Genesis - Live at Wembley Stadium
as Self 1989
Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert
as Self 1993
Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie
as Himself 2015
Genesis: The Video Show
as Self (archive footage) 2005