Sound Check

One of the hippest and most eclectic programs dealing with music and other cultural matters is Sound Check on WNYC-FM, New York. Monday, December 18, at 2:15 p.m. EDT I will be with Sound Check's host John Schaefer to discuss the best jazz recordings of 2006. To join us in the New York metropolitan area, go to 93.9 on your radio. Elsewhere, listen on WNYC's streaming internet audio.

As we discussed procedure for the broadcast, I told Allison Lichter of the Sound Check staff that my list of "best" CDs is subjective and might have been considerably different if I had compiled it a week earlier or a week later. When it comes to art, the concept of "best" is shot through with the philosophy of popularity contests and should probably be avoided. But, surely, you don't expect an old broadcaster to turn down a chance to be on the radio.