"I Can't Get Started" is a ballad performance of Vernon Duke's classic from Caity Gyorgy's 2020 debut album No Bounds, featuring half-chorus solos from guitarist Jocelyn Gould and bassist Thomas Hainbuch. The 32-bar AABA form in G is taken at a tender 67 BPM, a tempo that demands complete command of tone production and phrasing from each soloist. Gould's electric guitar solo explores the lush harmonic territory of Duke's composition with warm, sustained notes and tasteful chord voicings, her half-chorus statement demonstrating that sometimes less is more in ballad interpretation. Hainbuch's subsequent bass solo maintains the intimate atmosphere, his melodic lines singing through the changes with a vocalist's sense of phrasing. The song has a storied jazz history, most famously associated with Bunny Berigan's 1937 recording, and Gyorgy's arrangement honors that lineage while creating space for her accompanists to shine. The ballad tempo allows listeners to appreciate the harmonic sophistication of Duke's writing, and both soloists respond to these rich changes with playing that balances technical precision with emotional warmth.
