Arthur Trappier
Biography
Arthur "Traps" Trappier (May 28, 1910, in Georgetown, South Carolina – May 17, 1975, in New York City) was an American jazz drummer. Trappier played with Charlie Skeets and Blanche Calloway in the late 1920s. After working steadily through the 1930s, he joined Fats Waller in 1941-42 before serving in the military during World War II. He led his own trio in various hotels in New York City in the 1950s, and played as a sideman into the 1970s. Among those he played with are Josh White, Wilbur De Paris, Edmond Hall, Sy Oliver, Hot Lips Page, Buddy Johnson, Wingy Manone, Sidney Bechet, Benny Goodman, and Red Allen.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
141 releases · 36 albums · active 1950–2022
- Performance · 180
- Other credits · 1
Studios: WOR Studios · Town Hall, New York · Reeves Sound Studios · Carnegie Hall Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Fats Waller
- Edmond Hall
- Punch Miller
- New Orleans Shufflers
- Tony Parenti And His New Orleanians
- Fats Waller And His Rhythm
- Conrad Janis And His Tailgate Five