Jim Black (born 1967 in Seattle, Washington) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas, among others. He attended Berklee College of Music. City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Tim Berne (born 1954) is an American jazz saxophone player and composer. ... Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is a U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer whose music is notable for drawing on many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, European folk music and klezmer. ... Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945, is an independent music college in Boston, Massachusetts with many prominent faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting artists. ...

His own group, AlasNoAxis, includes Hilmar Jensson on electric guitar, Chris Speed on tenor saxophone and clarinet, and Skúli Sverrisson on electric bass. The music is in some ways closer to post-rock than jazz, concentrating on rhythmic shifts and ensemble texture rather than featured solos. Since 2000, the group has released several records on Winter & Winter. An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... Skúli Sverrisson (born October 23, 1966) is an Icelandic bass player and composer, residing in New York City. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, popping or using a pick. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... In music texture is the overall quality of sound of a piece, most often indicated by the number of voices in the music and to the relationship between these voices (see below). ... Winter & Winter is a record label that specializes in jazz and improvised music. ...

The group Pachora, also including Black, Speed, and Sverrisson, and with Brad Shepik on tambura and electric saz, plays music that is similarly rhythmically diverse, but inspired by Balkan rhythms. A Tambura is a bulgarian long necked, fretted, bouzouki-like string instrument that comes in two styles 8-string (4 pairs) and 4-string (2 pairs), played with a plectrum. ... The Saz (from Persian: ‎ , music) is a plucked stringed instrument, popular in Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Balkan countries. ... The music of Southeastern Europe or the Balkans is a type of music distinct from others in Europe. ...

Jim Black also performs with or has performed with the following groups/artists:

• Human Feel
• Ellery Eskelin w/Andrea Parkins & Jim Black
• Tiny Bell Trio w/Dave Douglas: Trumpet, Brad Shepik: Guitar
• Bloodcount w/Tim Berne: Saxophones; Chris Speed: Saxophones, Michael Formanek: Bass
• Ben Monder: Guitar
• Christopher Dell: Vibraphone
• yeah NO w/ Chris Speed: Saxophones, Skúli Sverrisson: Bass, Cuong Vu: Trumpet
• Tyft w/Hilmar Jensson: Guitar, Andrew D'Angelo: Saxophones

Jim participated as drummer 12 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York. Human Feel is a collaborative jazz quartet that consists of clarinet/tenor saxophone player Chris Speed, bass clarinet/alto saxophone player Andrew DAngelo, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Jim Black. ... Ellery Eskelin (born August 16, 1959) is a tenor saxophonist. ... Andrea Parkins is an American composer, sound artist, performer and improviser. ... Dave Douglas (born March 24, 1963) is a U.S. jazz trumpeter and composer. ... Tim Berne (born 1954) is an American jazz saxophone player and composer. ... Ben Monder is a jazz guitarist. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Cuong Vu (b. ... Boredoms (ボアダムス) (or V∞redoms) is an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan. ... 77 Boadrum was a concert held on July 7, 2007 (7/7/07) at 7:07 pm consisting of 77 drummers. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park is a state park in New York City, USA. The park is located in Brooklyn next to the East River. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ...

Discography as leader

• 2000 - Alasnoaxis (Winter & Winter)
• 2002 - Splay (Winter & Winter)
• 2004 - Habyor (Winter & Winter)
• 2006 - Dogs of Great Indifference (Winter & Winter)

External links

• Official homepage
• Viva Radio's 77 Boadrum Site Profile