"Shanghai Shuffle" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich[1] and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong.[2] It is in the key of F major and is evidently influenced by "Limehouse Blues".[3] The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".[4]
"Shanghai Shuffle" | |
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Song by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra | |
Recorded | October 10, 1924 |
Genre | Dixieland jazz |
Label | Pathé, Vocalion[1] |
Composer(s) | Larry Conley Gene Rodemich |
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