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Tom Coster | |
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 Coster in 2009 (Steve Smith and Vital Information) | |
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| Born | August 21, 1941 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, Latin rock, jazz fusion, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument | Keyboards |
Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist, composer, and longtime backing musician for Carlos Santana. [1]
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.
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.
Coster's son was born in 1966, also called Tom Coster, also a keyboardist and composer.
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palmystery is the sixth studio album from American Jazz bassist Victor Wooten.
A Present for the Future is the second studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1987 by Legato Records and reissued in 2000 by Wombat Records. The third track, "Stephanie", is renamed "Serenity" on the reissue. Harpist Stephanie Bennett was Gambale's ex-wife and was mentioned in the liner notes of all his albums until Passages (1994).
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Dos is the second album by Latin rock band Malo, released in 1972.
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The All Is One Tour was the thirty-first concert tour by American rock group Santana in 2002. According to Billboard, the North American tours grossed $16,821,175, 426,431 out of 640,106 tickets were sold, and 7 concerts sold out.
The Shaman Tour was the thirty-second concert tour promoting the band's 2002 album Shaman.
Santana Latin American Tour 2005 was a Latin American concert tour by American rock band Santana in 2005.
The Embrace Your Light Tour was the thirty-fourth concert tour of North America by Santana in 2005.
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