3 Philly Joe Jones Triplet Stickings Every Jazz Drummer Should Master

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If the only way you can play triplets is by alternating accents, it’s not going to sound like jazz—it’s going to sound like a marching exercise.

Philly Joe Jones had a way of turning simple triplet stickings into some of the most creative, flowing jazz vocabulary ever played. In this video I’ll break down three of his triplet stickings from his solo on Asiatic Raes with Sonny Rollins (Newk’s Time).

These are practical, authentic phrases you can use right away. I’ll also show you how to string them together into longer, musical solos so you can stop running out of ideas and start sounding like Philly.

Chapters:
00:00 – How to sound authentic when you're soloing with triplets
00:27 – Philly Joe’s solo on Asiatic Raes
00:40 – Sticking #1: 3-Beat Right Hand Lead
02:26 – Sticking #2: Paradiddle-diddle variation
04:04 – Sticking #3: Six-stroke roll into 4-over-3
05:09 – The secret to sounding authentic
06:38 – Putting the ideas together (AABA, AABB, etc.)
08:12 – Moving the stickings around the kit