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By Dee Dee McNeil

February 1, 2025

John Bernard Williams, (who we fondly call John B.) has a birthday upcoming on February 27^th.  He will turn eighty-four and proudly celebrate over sixty years of a respectable life, sharing his musical talents with the world. Growing up on Sugar Hill in Harlem, through their apartment windows John B. heard the sweet sounds of Sonny Rollins practicing on his saxophone.  Rollins was the first one to tell his friend that practicing was as important as breathing if you were serious about music. John B. Williams took that advice to heart.

            He was the only son to his parents, John Sr. and Thelma Williams. His father was from the Bahamas, a man with proud Caribbean Island roots. John B. had four sisters, Jackie, June, Jean and Joyce.  Joyce was the eldest.  She’s the one that encouraged her brother to play drums when John B. was twelve years old.  In 1953, Joyce bought her little brother his first Slingerland trap drum set.  Infatuated by his love of rhythm, and because Sugar Hill was a racially mixed neighborhood, John B. learned to play Latin percussion instruments from his multi-cultural neighbors. They helped him master the congas, the

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Chester Thompson

American drummer

For the Illinois politician, see Chester C. Thompson. For the keyboardist, see Beyond Appearances.

Musical artist

Chester Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, Genesis and Phil Collins.^[1] Thompson has performed with his jazz group, the Chester Thompson Trio, since 2011.

Early life

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Thompson was born on December 11, 1948, in Baltimore, Maryland. He has an older brother, who played in the drum corps.^[2][3] At elementary school, he learned to play the flute and read music.^[4][3] At eleven, Thompson took up the drums, receiving lessons from James Harrison, a professional jazz drummer from whom he learned his rudiments.^[5][4] Thompson practiced by playing along with albums by jazz musicians Miles Davis, Max Roach and Art Blakey. From there, he moved on to studying records by drummer Elvin Jones, whom Thompson cites as a major musical influence along with Tony Williams.^[3][2] While attending high school, he studied privately with drummer and percussionist Tony Ames of the National Symphony Orchestra for one semester.^[5