Shanghai Shuffle
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| artist = Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra
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| recorded = October 10, 1924
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| genre = Dixieland jazz
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| composer = Larry Conley
Gene Rodemich
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"Shanghai Shuffle" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich[https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/fletcher-henderson-and-his-orchestra/shanghai-shuffle-naughty-man/ "Shanghai Shuffle / Naughty Man"], rateyourmusic.com and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong.[https://www.20sjazz.com/videos/fletcher-henderson-2/shanghai-shuffle-2.html "Shanghai Shuffle – Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra"], 20sjazz.com It is in the key of F major and is evidently influenced by "Limehouse Blues".{{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}} The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".{{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}}
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External links
- {{YouTube|pCCyE3e_39k|1924 recording}}
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Category:Jazz compositions in F major
Category:Dixieland jazz standards
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