"Shanghai Shuffle" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich"Shanghai Shuffle / Naughty Man", rateyourmusic.com and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong."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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