1924 Fletcher Henderson - Shanghai Shuffle

Vocalion recordings Vocalion-14935-A. Foxtrot ————————————————————————— Writer(s): Gene Rodemich, Larry Conley 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“. ———————————————————————- November 7, 1924 New York City VOCALION RECORDINGS