I Can't Get Started
Every version of “I Can't Get Started” on a record reviewed at Vinyl Standard: 14 recordings, 1950 to 2015, by 11 leaders, including Lester Young, Sonny Stitt, Charles Mingus. Every version links to its review.
Who recorded it
The leaders of the reviewed records that include I Can't Get Started. The number is reviewed records.
Every reviewed version
By the year of the record’s first session. Red is the site’s rating of the whole record, out of five.
- 1950Night and DayCharlie Parker★★★☆☆
- 1952The Hawk TalksColeman Hawkins★★★☆☆
- 1954Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson TrioLester Young★★★★★
- 1955Hamp and GetzLionel Hampton & Stan Getz★★★★☆
- 1956Duke Ellington Presents...Duke Ellington and His Orchestra★★★★☆
- 1956Lester Young in Washington, D.C., 1956Lester Young★★★★☆
- 1957Mingus ThreeCharles Mingus★★★★☆
- 1959Lester Young in ParisLester Young★★★★★
- 1961Nancy Wilson / Cannonball AdderleyNancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley★★★★★
- 1972Tune-Up!Sonny Stitt★★★★★
- 1973Blow UpIsao Suzuki★★★★☆
- 1975In Walked SonnySonny Stitt★★★★☆
- 1983Suddenly It's SpringZoot Sims★★★★★
- 2015ChemistryHouston Person & Ron Carter★★★★☆
This page is built from the track listings of the records reviewed here, so it lists only versions on those records, not every recording of the tune. The site does not record composers, so it gathers tracks by title and says nothing about who wrote the tune. The year is the first session of the whole record, which on an album cut over several dates may not be the date of this track. It updates automatically when a new review goes up.