Chester Cortez Thompson in early of his career, played with Frank Zappa between 1973 and 1974 and partecipated to the recording of the albums "One Size Fits All", "Roxy & Elsewhere" and "Over-nite Sensation". Subsequently, Chester Thompson began to collaborate with Genesis and also with Phil Collins in his solo career. Others Important collaborations are with artists and bands such as, Weather Report, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks, Peter Cetera, Neil Diamond, Bee Gees, Flora Purim, Ben E. King, Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson.