2020Nominee
Best Performance
Zappa
Chester Thompson
Actor
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
December 11, 1948
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Phil Collins: No Jacket Required
2016Nominee
Best Performance
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Performance
Genesis - Three Sides Live
2007Highlight
Best Performance
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Video
Zappa
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Genesis - Three Sides Live