Shanghai Shuffle

"Shanghai Shuffle" is a jazz standard composed by Larry Conley and Gene Rodemich^[1] and recorded in 1924 by Fletcher Henderson featuring Louis Armstrong.^[2] It is in the key of F major and is evidently influenced by "Limehouse Blues".^[3] The signature clarinet sound has an eastern quality to it; Jeffrey Magee calls it an attempt to "reinforce the exotic jazz-Chinese connection".^[4]

"Shanghai Shuffle"
Song by Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra
Recorded	October 10, 1924
Genre	Dixieland jazz
Label	Pathé, Vocalion[1]
Composer(s)	Larry Conley Gene Rodemich