# Shanghai Shuffle

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| name     = Shanghai Shuffle
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| artist   = [Fletcher Henderson](/source/Fletcher_Henderson) and his orchestra
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| recorded = October 10, 1924
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| genre    = [Dixieland](/source/Dixieland) jazz
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| label    = [Pathé](/source/Path%C3%A9), [Vocalion](/source/Vocalion)<ref name=rm />
| composer = Larry Conley<br />[Gene Rodemich](/source/Gene_Rodemich)
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"'''Shanghai Shuffle'''" is a [jazz standard](/source/jazz_standard) composed by Larry Conley and [Gene Rodemich](/source/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](/source/Fletcher_Henderson) featuring [Louis Armstrong](/source/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](/source/F_major) and is evidently influenced by "[Limehouse Blues](/source/Limehouse_Blues_(song))".<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>

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

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

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