Song: Black Nile
Artist: Wayne Shorter
Album: Night Dreamer
Drummer: Elvin Jones
Origninally Transcribed by: John Riley
Put into tab format by: Dean C. (Socrman564)
Time Signature: 4/4

I got this tab in the December 2000 issue of Modern Drummer, but it wasn't in tab format.  I look for no credit in this tab.  I don't really understand how much of the song this is, but John Riley quotes "It's a very concise, passionate statement from Wayne Shorter's album Night Dreamer, recorded in 1964.  'Black Nile' is a thirty-two-measure song on which Elvin takes a one-chorus solo."  So you can figure it out.

Also, the magazine did not specify which cymbal Elvin used, so I will just say crash.

Note: O's and 's mean the same thing: accent.

                                  |Drag|             
C   |--------------------------------|----------------------------x---|
S   |------------------------------oo|O---------------O---------------|
F   |--------------------------------|--------O-----------------------|
B   |--------------------------------|----o-------o-------o-------o---|
    (1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   |1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   )
                             
C   |----------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
T   |-----------6----|-------------|---3---3----|-------------3|
S   |----33---66--333|33333-333oooo|33--3-3--33-|-3---o-O-O-33-|
F   |----------------|-----3-------|------------|3--o----------|
B   |------3---------|-------------|--3--3--3--3|--3-----------|
Hf  |--x-------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
    (1 + 2tl3 t l 4tl|1tl2tl3tl4 + |1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2 + 3 + 4tl)
       
C   |---------------|------x---x-----|--x-------x---|--------------x-|
T   |---------------|o---------------|--------------|----------------|
S   |333ooooO---O---|--o-o---------o-|-----3--3-----|--o-o---------o-|
F   |---------------|----------------|-------3------|----------o-----|
B   |---------o---o-|------o---o-----|--o---3--3o---|------o---------|
    (1tl2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2tl3tl4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
           
C   |---------------|--x-----------x-|----------x---|--------------|
T   |---------------|----------------|----3--3------|--------3--3--|
S   |-----33O-------|--o-----------o-|-----3--3-o---|---------3--3-|
F   |-------------o-|----------o-----|--------------|--o-----------|
B   |---------o-----|----------------|--o---3--3----|o-----o---3--3|
Hf  |----3----------|--------o-------|--------------|--------------|
    (1 + 2tl3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2tl3tl4 + |1 + 2 + 3tl4tl)

C   |---------x---|-------------|----------------|x-----------x---|
T   |3--3--3------|--3----3----3|----o-----------|----------------|
S   |-3--3--3-----|33-ooo--333--|ooo--ooooooo----|----oooo--------|
F   |-------------|-------------|------------oooo|--------oooo----|
B   |--3--3--3o---|------o----3-|---o------------|o-----------o---|
    (1tl2tl3tl4 + |1tl2 + 3tl4tl|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
                                   
C   |--------x-------|----x---------|-------x------|---x--------3|
T   |----------------|--------------|---o3--------3|3------------|
S   |oooo--------oooo|--------33-333|ooo--3-----33-|-3-----33--3-|
F   |----oooo--------|oooo------3---|--------------|---------3---|
B   |--------o-------|----o---------|------3o------|--3o---------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3tl4tl|1 + 2tl3 + 4tl|1tl2 + 3tl4tl)

C   |------------|----------------|----------------|x-------------x-|
S   |-3--3--3--3-|-ooooooooo--O-O-|--o---o---o-----|--o-------o---o-|
F   |---3--3--3--|o---------------|--------o-------|------o---------|
B   |--3--3--3--3|----------------|--------------o-|o---------------|
    (1tl2tl3tl4tl|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )
                                    
C   |--x---------3-3|3--3-33--3-3|3--3-33--X---|----------------|
T   |---------------|------------|-------------|----o-----------|
S   |------o-----33-|-3-33--3-33-|33-33-33-O---|-----ooooooooo--|
F   |---------------|------------|-------------|----------------|
B   |--o-------o---3|--3--3--3--3|--3--3--3--o-|--o-----------oo|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

S   |ooooooooooooooo-|
B   |---------------o|
Hf  |------x---------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

END

Once again, this was not by me, and i wish for no credit, I just want people to see it.  Credit goes to John Riley.
Dean C. (Socrman564)