Shanghai Shuffle

{{Infobox song | name = Shanghai Shuffle | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra | album = | released = | format = | recorded = October 10, 1924 | studio = | venue = | genre = Dixieland jazz | length = | label = Pathé, Vocalion<ref name=rm /> | composer = Larry Conley<br />Gene Rodemich | lyricist = | producer = }}

"'''Shanghai Shuffle'''" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich<ref name=rm>[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/fletcher-henderson-and-his-orchestra/shanghai-shuffle-naughty-man/ "Shanghai Shuffle / Naughty Man"], rateyourmusic.com</ref> and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong.<ref>[https://www.20sjazz.com/videos/fletcher-henderson-2/shanghai-shuffle-2.html "Shanghai Shuffle – Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra"], 20sjazz.com</ref> It is in the key of F major and is evidently influenced by "Limehouse Blues".<ref>{{cite book|last=Schuller|first=Gunther|authorlink=Gunther Schuller|title=The History of Jazz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTwJAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=259}}</ref> The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".<ref>{{cite book|last=Magee|first=Jeffrey|title=The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52AIAQAAMAAJ|date=13 January 2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-509022-2|page=185}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{YouTube|pCCyE3e_39k|1924 recording}}

Category:1920s jazz standards Category:1924 songs Category:Jazz compositions in F major Category:Dixieland jazz standards