Shanghai Shuffle

"Shanghai Shuffle"
"Shanghai Shuffle"
Song by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra
Recorded	October 10, 1924
Genre	Dixieland jazz
Label	Pathé, Vocalion
Composers	Larry Conley; Gene Rodemich

"Shanghai Shuffle" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong. It is in the key of F major and is evidently influenced by "Limehouse Blues". The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".

References

1 2 "Shanghai Shuffle / Naughty Man", rateyourmusic.com
↑ "Shanghai Shuffle – Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra", 20sjazz.com
↑ Schuller, Gunther (1968). The History of Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 259.
↑ Magee, Jeffrey (13 January 2005). The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-19-509022-2.

External links

1924 recording on YouTube

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[rm-1] 1 2 "Shanghai Shuffle / Naughty Man", rateyourmusic.com

[2] "Shanghai Shuffle – Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra", 20sjazz.com

[3] Schuller, Gunther (1968). The History of Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 259.

[4] Magee, Jeffrey (13 January 2005). The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz. Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-19-509022-2.