This is Part 4 of my five part series on Time Life’s Giants of Jazz.  Today you’ll hear Teddy Wilson, Earl Hines, Benny Carter, plus six tracks from one set called “The Guitarists”.   The latter includes six of the earliest jazz guitarists who pioneered the use of this instrument in dances and records.   You’ll hear recordings by Charlie Christian, Lonnie Johnson, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Aleman, Eddie Durham, and Eddie Lang.

As usual, I add a Canadian entry, imagining what it might look like if there were a similar series on early Canadian jazz.  The nominee this week is Mart Kenney and the Western Gentlemen.