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  • noun Alternative spelling of trap set.

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Examples

  • After fragile diabetic Rutsey (who died in 2009) parted ways with Rush for health reasons, Lee and Lifeson hooked up with sonic percussive powerhouse Neil Peart, whose trapset wizardry remains unprecedented to this day.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010

  • It's an ensemble of about 40 players: strings, winds, brass, percussion including trapset, plus electric guitar and bass.

    Gramophone Albert Imperato 2010

  • The live drummer adds to the complexity of the trapset percussion in

    This Is Fake DIY 2010

  • It's an ensemble of about 40 players: strings, winds, brass, percussion including trapset, plus electric guitar and bass.

    Gramophone Albert Imperato 2010

  • Through Áurea (a type of Peruvian lily), Keezer assembled an array of familiar and new collaborators who would participate in varying combinations: Hugo Alcázar, Peruvian percussionist who handles the trapset for Peruvian trumpeter Gabriel Alegria's band; Nigerian bassist Essiet Essiet; Argentinean vocalist Sofia Koutsovitas; and American musicians, drummer and trio-mate Jon Wikan; alto / soprano saxophonist and frequent cohort Steve Wilson; guitarists Mike Moreno and Peter Sprague; and tenor saxophonist Ron Blake.

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  • He supported the great Sarah Vaughan for many years (touring 1954-59), and at one time or another, he has managed the trapset for Eric Dolphy, Stan Getz, Gary Burton,

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  • His long-standing trio features the sublime Buster Williams on bass and trapset monster Matt Wilson on drums.

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  • At one point, taking cues from early Who shows, Reece demolished his trapset before coming back for a long, three-song encore.

    Denver Post: All Blogs 2009

  • His voice as thin as his frame, it was not always possible hear him call his tunes; and sitting a mere three feet from Gravatt's trapset (not our choice despite reserving a few months ahead!), it was not always possible to really hear the piano or bass above a percussive clamour that seemed trapped by the low ceiling.

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  • His voice as thin as his frame, it was not always possible hear him call his tunes; and sitting a mere three feet from Gravatt's trapset (not our choice despite reserving a few months ahead!), it was not always possible to really hear the piano or bass above a percussive clamour that seemed trapped by the low ceiling.

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