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	Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)\|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.<ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).		Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)\|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.<ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
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		+	==Frank Zappa about Chester Thompson==
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		+	''"Definitely solid, inspiring drummer, a totally different style than the other guys. It was always fun to play with Chester, especially after he learned how to play, polyrhythms, because he came into the band basically from the world of boogaloo. He could boogaloo his brains out. But trying to play guitar solos with Chester ... you had the positive side that his rhythm was so contageous that people could really tap their feet no matter what you were doing on the guitar; but the negative side was that if you were doing some of the polyrhythmic things that are comfortable for you to do, and the drum track doesn't move with what you're doing, then it doesn't quite mesh. So I had a couple of talks with Chester, and tried to explain to him in a non technical way how things should be at certain points in musical compositions, and he scratched his head over it and started modifying, and I think it opened him up a little bit to some other ideas. He was great to travel with, too. A hilarious guy."'' - Frank Zappa in ''[[Zappa 89-7]]'', Interview by Deborah Parisi, Rhythm, July 1989.

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 In 2011, Thompson also formed his own group, the Chester Thompson Trio, with Joe Davidian (piano) and Mike Rinne (bass). He also gives drum lessons.
-Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.  He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
+Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.<ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
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-Chester Thompson, born and raised in Baltimore, MD was first introduced to the drum kit at age 11 and by the time he was 13, Thompson was already doing club gigs in the greater Baltimore area.
+[[File:Chester Thompson and Frank Zappa, 1974.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Chester Thompson and Frank Zappa, 1974.]]
-Chester joined [[The Mothers]] in the Fall of '73. Chester provided drums for [[Roxy & Elsewhere]], [[One Size Fits All]], [[Bongo Fury]], [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Läther]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[Quaudiophiliac]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]], & [[Piquantique (BTB)]]. Thompson can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]] and [[The Roxy Performances]].
+'''Chester Thompson''' ([[Baltimore]], Maryland, b. December 11, 1948) is an American jazz and rock drummer. He learned his instrument from age 11 on by studying with drummer/percussionist Tony Ames of the National Symphony Orchestra for one semester. By the time he was 13, he also performed gigs in and around Baltimore.  In the early 1970s, Thompson played as a session drummer, among others in the group Air Pocket, in which [[The Fowler Brothers]] also performed.
 Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.  He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
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 Chester Thompson, born and raised in Baltimore, MD was first introduced to the drum kit at age 11 and by the time he was 13, Thompson was already doing club gigs in the greater Baltimore area.
-Chester joined [[The Mothers]] in the Fall of '73. Chester provided drums for [[Roxy & Elsewhere]], [[One Size Fits All]], [[Bongo Fury]], [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Läther]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[Quaudiophiliac]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]], & [[Piquantique (BTB)]]. Thompson can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]] and [[The Roxy Performances]].
+Chester joined [[The Mothers]] in the Fall of '73. Chester provided drums for [[Roxy & Elsewhere]], [[One Size Fits All]], [[Bongo Fury]], [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Läther]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[Quaudiophiliac]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[:Category:Beat The Boots|Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]], & [[Piquantique (BTB)]]. Thompson can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]], [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]] and [[The Roxy Performances]].
 Chester Thompson is included in the list of names on ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album.  He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).
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 Chester Thompson, born and raised in Baltimore, MD was first introduced to the drum kit at age 11 and by the time he was 13, Thompson was already doing club gigs in the greater Baltimore area.
-Chester joined [[The Mothers]] in the Fall of '73. Chester provided drums for [[Roxy & Elsewhere]], [[One Size Fits All]], [[Bongo Fury]], [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Läther]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[QuAUDIOPHILIAc]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]], & [[Piquantique (BTB)]]. Thompson can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]] and [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]].
+Chester joined [[The Mothers]] in the Fall of '73. Chester provided drums for [[Roxy & Elsewhere]], [[One Size Fits All]], [[Bongo Fury]], [[Studio Tan]], [[Sleep Dirt]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[The Lost Episodes]], [[Läther]], [[Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa]], [[Quaudiophiliac]] and [[The Dub Room Special! (The Album)|The Dub Room Special]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Unmitigated Audacity (BTB)]], & [[Piquantique (BTB)]]. Thompson can be seen in the Zappa movies [[Dub Room Special]] and [[The True Story Of 200 Motels]].
 Chester Thompson was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> He was interviewed in the documentary ''[[The Drummers Of Frank Zappa]]'' (2010).