Favorite Recordings of 2023: Part One — Some Honorable Mentions

These albums aren't going to appear on my Top 36 of 2023 list (coming soon). But I enjoyed all of these, and could make a case for any of them to show up somewhere on that list.

I listened to music from hundreds of albums in 2024, carrying on my everlasting search for music that dazzles the imagination and nourishes the soul. In each of the last several years, that annual search has led me to about thirty albums that I know I will continue to revisit with gratitude. I’ve been doing this — the year-end favorites list routine — s…