Philly Joe three beat triplet phrase, alternate stickings

Awhile back I posted about a common Philly Joe phrase in which he plays three beats worth of triplets in this sticking.

It is a really common phrase of his, and even cursory listening should turn up plenty examples of it.  One of the best known examples of it is the last few bars of his solo on “Two Bass Hit”, from Milestones.

I also turn it around sometimes, putting the paradiddle-diddle first.  In this case you’ll have to play RRL at the end instead of RLL.

 

But you’re also likely to hear Philly Joe do another group of three triplets with a different sticking.  You can tell the difference by the rhythmic melody it creates.  Philly Joe played a lot of 6-stroke rolls.  In this sticking he plays a 6-stroke roll with an extra RLL at the end.  This is another nice one to have in your back pocket and sounds nice as you move it around the kit.

I also like sticking an extra RRL at the end instead

 

And, of course, you could revisit the original post for ideas on how to launch into it.