I Can't Get Started

Bunny Berigan · 1937 · Chanson de Vernon Duke, signature de Berigan

Context

Recorded for Victor on August 7, 1937 (released in March 1938), it is Berigan's biggest hit, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975. A first version had been cut for Vocalion in 1936.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

Sources

• adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Bunny Berigan

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