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
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Career Highlights
1992Highlight
Best Performance
Genesis - Live from Knebworth
2016Highlight
Best Performance
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Video
Zappa
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Genesis - Live from Knebworth