{{short description|American drummer and music educator}} {{Excessive citations|date=October 2020|details=Most infobox parameters are unnecessarily sourced. Need to be used in article prose where applicable instead.}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kimberly Thompson | alias = Kim Thompson<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.kimthompson.net/home.html|title=Kim Thompson (official website)|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name="drummerworld"/><ref name="newsburner"/> | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.<ref name="savannah">{{cite web|url=http://savannahnow.com/features/jazzfest/performers.shtml|title=SavannahNOW – Savannah Morning News on the Web|work=Savannah Morning News |date=2006 |accessdate=July 19, 2014}}</ref> | origin = St. Louis, Missouri<ref name="official"/><ref name="drummerworld"/><ref name="savannah"/><ref name="lp"/> | genre = | instrument = Drums<ref name="drummerworld">{{cite web|url=http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Kim_Thompson.html |title=Drummerworld: Kim Thompson|work=Drummerworld|last=Castiglioni|first=Bernhard|accessdate=22 July 2014 |url-status=dead|archivedate=25 June 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625091713/http://drummerworld.com/drummers/Kim_Thompson.html}}</ref><ref name="newsburner">{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewsburner.com/2012/09/17/beyonces-drummer-kim-thompson-takes-her-career-to-a-whole-new-level-her-own|title=Beyonce's Drummer Kim Thompson Takes Her Career To A Whole New Level – Her Own – The News Burner|work=The News Burner |last=Sutton| first=Heidi |date=September 17, 2012|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> | years_active = | label = KTMUSIC Productions<ref name="newsburner"/><ref name="lp"/> | website = }}
'''Kimberly Ilana Thompson''' is an American drummer and music educator.
==Early life== Kimberly Ilana Thompson was born in Los Angeles, California,<ref name="savannah"/><ref name="lp">{{cite web|url=http://www.lpmusic.com/artists/artist/KimberlyThompson|title=Kimberly Thompson – Latin Percussion®|work=Latin Percussion|accessdate=July 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818094604/http://www.lpmusic.com/artists/artist/KimberlyThompson/|archive-date=August 18, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and raised in St. Louis, MO.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://zildjian.com/artists/kimberly-thompson |title=Zildjian artist page |access-date=2016-07-04 |archive-date=2016-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919190441/https://zildjian.com/artists/kimberly-thompson |url-status=dead }}</ref> She began playing drums at the age of ten.<ref name="savannah"/><ref name="zildjian">{{cite web|url=http://zildjian.com/Artists/T/Kimberly-Thompson|title=Zildjian Artist – Kimberly Thompson|work=Zildjian|accessdate=July 22, 2014}}</ref> She attended Pattonville High School and was the drummer in the school band.<ref name="zildjian"/> She graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in jazz composition.<ref name="official"/><ref name="drummerworld"/><ref name="newsburner"/><ref name="lp"/>
==Career== Thompson is the President of the female founded KTMUSICPRODUCTIONS, a record label based in Harlem, New York.<ref name="newsburner"/><ref name="lp"/> She has released all her albums via the label, the first being ''Like Clockwork'', in 2010.<ref name="newsburner"/> Her latest album, ''Treasures Abound'' (A Tribute to the Jazz Greats), was released in April 2016 and features her dynamic drumming, showcasing modern themed classical etudes and original jazz songs written and performed with her jazz quartet.<ref>[https://soundcloud.com/kimberly-thompson Kimberly Thompson's Soundcloud]</ref> She has served as session or touring drummer with several artists, including Beyoncé<ref name="drummerworld"/><ref name="newsburner"/> and fusion guitarist Mike Stern. She has played with The 8G Band on the NBC talk show ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' and has performed with the Kimberly Thompson Quartet at New York's Jazz and Colors festival.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=O'Connell|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/5901190/seth-meyers-taps-fred-armisen-to-lead-late-night-band-with-members|title=Seth Meyers Taps Fred Armisen To Lead 'Late Night' Band With Members of Les Savy Fav, Girls Against Boys|magazine=Billboard|date=February 10, 2014|accessdate=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>NPR (12 November 2012). [https://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2012/11/12/164974655/30-intimate-jazz-concerts-in-one-gigantic-park "30 Intimate Jazz Concerts In One Gigantic Park"].</ref> Thompson is currently{{when|date=April 2020}} completing a musical produced by The Dodgers and Tommy Mottola on Broadway for “[http://thedonnasummerfanclub.com/des-mcanuff-will-direct-workshop-of-the-donna-summer-project-sergio-trujillo-will-choreograph/ The Donna Summers Project]”. She also appeared in ''Romy & Michelle'', a stage adaptation of the 1997 film ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'', in Seattle in June 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Romy and Michele's High School Reunion musical to make world premiere in Seattle|first=Marc|last=Snetiker|date=March 7, 2016|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/07/romy-michele-high-school-reunion-musical|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
==Discography== *''Like Clockwork'' (2010)<ref name="newsburner"/> *''Dreamcatcher'' (2011) *''Red Glory'' (2013) *''A Childs Eyes'' (2014) * ''Live at Marians'' (2014) *''Treasures Abound'' (2016)
'''With Kenny Barron''' *''Images'' (Sunnyside, 2003)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Youtube|u=ktmusicproductions1|Kimberly Thompson}}
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