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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 [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], and "The Perfect Date" performed by [[Vital Information]].
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 [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], and "The Perfect Date" performed by [[Vital Information]].


His son [[Tommy Coster]] is also a keyboardist, producer and composer, penning one of the biggest Hip Hop tracks to date, [[The Real Slim Shady]].
His son [[Tommy Coster]] is also a keyboardist, producer and composer, penning one of the biggest Hip Hop tracks to date, [[The Real Slim Shady]], recording by [[Eminem]].


==Solo Discography and Personnel==
==Solo Discography and Personnel==

Revision as of 04:03, 24 September 2014

Tom Coster
Tom Coster in 2009 (Steve Smith and Vital Information)
Tom Coster in 2009
(Steve Smith and Vital Information)
Background information
Born (1941-08-21) 21 August 1941 (age 83)
Detroit, Michigan United States
GenresRock, Latin rock, jazz fusion, classical
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, pianist
Instrument(s)Keyboards, synthesizer, programming, piano, organ, accordion, guitar, bass guitar, drum machine

Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist and composer. 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.[1]

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.

His son Tommy Coster is also a keyboardist, producer and composer, penning one of the biggest Hip Hop tracks to date, The Real Slim Shady, recording by Eminem.

Solo Discography and Personnel

References

  1. ^ http://www.bandofthepacific.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123194272

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