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Chester Thompson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1948-12-11

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Weather Report: Live in Berlin		0
2	1980	Genesis \| Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 6, 1980	Self	70
3	1980	Genesis \| Live in London: The Lyceum Tapes May 7, 1980	Self	0
4	1980	Genesis in Liverpool	Self	0
5	1981	Genesis \| Three Sides Live	Self - Drums	85
6	1982	Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special!	Self	59
7	1982	Phil Collins: Live at Perkins Palace	Self	100
8	1983	Genesis \| MAMA Tour Rehearsal	Self	0
9	1984	Genesis \| Live: The MAMA Tour - National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham	Self	71
10	1985	Phil Collins: No Ticket Required	Self	69
11	1987	Genesis \| Live at Montreux 1987	Self	0
12	1988	The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels	Self (archive footage)	75
13	1988	Genesis: Invisible Touch Tour	Self	98
14	1989	Genesis \| Live at Wembley Stadium	Self	85
15	1990	Phil Collins - Serious Hits Live	Self - Drums, Percussion	79
16	1992	Genesis \| Opening Night	Self	0
17	1992	Genesis \| A Midsummer Night's Dance	Self	0
18	1993	Genesis - The Way We Walk: Live in Concert	Self	73
19	1994	God Is Able - Ron Kenoly	Drums and Percussion	0
20	2000	Santana: Supernatural Live	Self	70
21	2001	Genesis \| Songbook	Self	68
22	2001	Steve Hackett: The Tokyo Tapes - Live In Japan 1996	Himself - Drums	80
23	2004	Inside Genesis: 1975-1980	Self (archive footage)	80
24	2004	Phil Collins: Finally... The First Farewell Tour	Self - Drums	82
25	2004	Phil Collins: Live at Montreux 2004	Self - Drums	72
26	2005	Genesis: The Video Show	Self (archive footage)	85
27	2005	Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme	Himself	77
28	2005	Santana: In Concert	Self - Keyboards	0
29	2007	Frank Zappa: Roxy, 1973		0
30	2007	Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation	Self (archive footage)	65
31	2007	The Long Goodnight: A Film About Phil Collins	Self	0
32	2007	Genesis \| Live in Düsseldorf	Self	48
33	2008	Genesis \| Members Only DVD	Self	0
34	2008	Genesis: When in Rome 2007	Self	77
35	2010	The Drummers of Frank Zappa Roundtable Discussion and Performance	Self	48
36	2010	Phil Collins: Going Back - Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC	Self - Drums	69
37	2013	Frank Zappa: A Token Of His Extreme	Himself	61
38	2014	Cheepnis	Himself	0
39	2015	Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie	Himself	68
40	2016	Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words	Self (archive footage)	73
41	2020	Zappa	Self (archive footage)	73
42	2023	Louder Than Rock	Self	40
43	2025	Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep	Self (drums)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1997	Classic Albums	Self (archive footage)	77