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Shanghai Shuffle

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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". The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".

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