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Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer and session musician.〔(Chester Thompson Official Site )〕 ==Biography== Thompson made his name as a session drummer. He played in Frank Zappa's touring band in 1973-74 alongside percussionist Ruth Underwood and jazz keyboardist George Duke. Thompson played on several Zappa albums, including ''Roxy & Elsewhere'' (Live recording 8-10.12.1973 & 8.5.1974), ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2'' (Live in Helsinki, Finland 22–23.9.1974, released 1988) and ''One Size Fits All'' (1975). In 1976 he played on Weather Report's album ''Black Market''. From 1977-2007, Thompson played with Genesis as their touring drummer. His relationship with the band began when he replaced Bill Bruford, who took over live drum duties for Phil Collins in 1976 when Collins assumed the role of frontman for the departed Peter Gabriel, (although Collins would remain behind the drum kit in the studio). Thompson officially became the touring drummer in 1977, playing on their tours in that year and in 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983/4, 1986/7, 1992 and the 2007 reunion Turn It On Again Tour. Chester is featured on their live albums ''Seconds Out'' (1977), ''Three Sides Live'' (1982), ''The Way We Walk Volume 1'' (1992) & ''Volume 2'' (1993) and ''Live Over Europe 2007''. He chose not to be involved in the band's ''Calling All Stations'' European tour in 1998, following the band's failure to invite him to join the studio band after Phil Collins's departure. Thompson has also worked with Phil Collins on his solo concert tours, drumming on the 1982/83 ''Hello, I Must Be Going!'' tour, 1985 ''No Jacket Required'' tour, 1990 ''...But Seriously'' tour, The ''Tarzan'' Premiere tour of 1999 and The Final Farewell tour of 2004/05. He also appears on Phil Collins' ''Serious Hits... Live!'' (1990) live album and DVD, and has released his own solo album, ''A Joyful Noise'' (1999, Camino Records, CAMCD16). Thompson also plays on the Steve Hackett albums, ''Please Don't Touch'' (1978) and ''Watcher of the Skies: Genesis Revisited'' (1996). Later on, he played on Tony Banks' solo album ''A Curious Feeling'' (1979). He also appears on Steve Hackett's live album ''The Tokyo Tapes'' released in 1998 (recorded, which features also and John Wetton, Ian McDonald and Julian Colbeck. He was also a founding member of the band Fire Merchants with Brand X guitarist John Goodsall and bassist Doug Lunn and appeared on their first eponymous recording in 1989. Thompson played drums with Santana in 1984 and is credited in the Beyond Appearances album along with Chester D. Thompson on keyboards. Thompson's playing style is widely acknowledged and respected, and can be seen on numerous live videos of Genesis, from 1977 up to early 1990s. His live playing with the band is a striking mixture of his own style and Collins' own, being equally comfortable with acoustic and electronic drums and is renowned for using double bass drums. In the past, Thompson has endorsed Ludwig Drums (1970-March, 1977), Pearl Drums (April, 1977 - July, 1987), Sonor Drums (1990–1999) and Paiste cymbals (1970–90), but has endorsed DW Drums since 2000 and Sabian cymbals since 1990. He uses Remo drumheads, Meinl Percussion and has his own Regaltip Chester Thompson signature drumstick. He was also a member of Air Pocket, a band with the Fowler Brothers at its core. Chester Thompson is Adjunct Instructor at Belmont University's School of Music in Nashville. He is currently a member of the Chester Thompson Trio. The group released a CD in 2013 entitled "Approved". The other members of the group are Joe Davidian, piano/keyboards and Michael Rinne, Acoustic/Electric Bass. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chester Thompson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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