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
How George Benson Turned an Early ‘No’ Into a Career of ‘Yes’
The New York Times | November 12, 2020
By Shannon J. Effinger
Marshall Allen is 96 years old and still leading one of the most visionary jazz groups of all time
The Washington Post | October 30, 2020
by Shannon J. Effinger