Chester Thompson is well know to Genesis fans for playing drums during the majority of Genesis and Phil Collins tours. He also worked with Steve Hackett and played a couple of shows in Japan, which were eventually recorded for the The Tokyo Tapes live album.
Chester has also been doing his own music for quite a while now, producing a couple of albums with his Chester Thompson Trio. The trio has released three albums so far:
Approved
Live at Drums'n'Percussions Paderborn
Simpler Times
The current line-up of the trio is Chester, Frank Ricci an also Alphonso Johnson (who played bass on Phil Collins' much acclaimed debut album Face Value). The trio will play a cople of shows in the next few days and weeks, mainly in Italy:
24/02 ATENE - Athina LiveThere is no general ticket website (please contact the venues directly for tickets).
Chester Thompson Trio albums on amazon-uk
The collaboration between Steve Hackett and Chris Squire is finally due for release. The SQUACKETT album comes in various formats, this includes a bonus-DVD with 5.1 Mix.