UNIVERSE AT DOC NYC
Shannon is a featured critic in the documentary UNIVERSE, the rediscovered orchestral suite written by Wayne Shorter over 50 years ago for Miles Davis. It was left unrecorded and untouched until now by Davis' protégé, the late trumpeter Wallace Roney.
UNIVERSE made its North American premiere on November 11th as an official selection of DOC NYC.
About Shannon
Shannon Ali (Shannon J. Effinger) has been a freelance arts journalist and cultural critic for over a decade. Her writing on all things jazz and music regularly appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR Music, Pitchfork, Bandcamp, EBONY, Jazziz, Jazzwise, and Downbeat, among others.
Writing by Shannon
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman
New York Times | November 2, 2022
Mal Waldron, sideman to jazz greats, gets a solo retrospective
The Washington Post | September 30, 2022
By Shannon J. Effinger
Somi pays tribute to Miriam Makeba, on album and on stage
The Washington Post | May 19, 2022
By Shannon J. Effinger
Melanie Charles knows the impact Black women have had on jazz
The Washington Post | November 12, 2021
by Shannon J. Effinger
Lee Morgan’s ‘Live at the Lighthouse’ was a masterpiece that turned out to be a farewell
The Washington Post | August 27, 2021
by Shannon J. Effinger
The continued impact of jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove
The Washington Post | July 16, 2021
by Shannon J. Effinger
How George Benson Turned an Early ‘No’ Into a Career of ‘Yes’
The New York Times | November 12, 2020
By Shannon J. Effinger