Occupation(s) Musician, composer Name Tom Coster | Role Keyboardist | |
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Instruments Keyboards, synthesizer, programming, piano, organ, accordion, guitar, bass guitar, drum machine Associated acts Carlos SantanaBilly CobhamThird Eye BlindVital Information Albums Let's Set the Record Straight, Moonflower, Santana's Greatest Hits, Caravanserai, Borboletta Similar People Steve Smith, Baron Browne, Armando Peraza, Jose Areas, Doug Rauch | ||
Tom coster dennis the menace jazz fusion jazz funk 1996
Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist and composer. He is perhaps best known for playing with Carlos Santana.
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- Tom coster dennis the menace jazz fusion jazz funk 1996
- Santana medley part 1 featuring hot brass with tom coster mpg
- Early years
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Santana medley part 1 featuring hot brass with tom coster mpg
Early years
Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies through college and a productive five-year stint as a musician in the U.S. Air Force Band.
Career
Coster has played with and/or composed for many groups and musicians including The Loading Zone, Gábor Szabó, Carlos Santana, Billy Cobham, Third Eye Blind, Coryell/Coster/Smith, Claudio Baglioni, Stu Hamm, Boz Scaggs, Zucchero and Bobby Holiday, Joe Satriani, Frank Gambale, and Vital Information. Coster also produced several solo jazz fusion recordings as a leader for Fantasy, Headfirst, and JVC.
Some of Coster's best-known compositions are "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)", "Flor D'Luna (Moonflower)" and "Dance, Sister, Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)" performed by Santana and "The Perfect Date" performed by Vital Information.
Personal life
Coster's son was born in 1966, also called Tom Coster, also a keyboardist and composer.
