TALES OF LOHR: THE (NEXT) BEST ALBUM(S) OF 2023

Much-deserved cap tips to two of jazz's recent best; plus; "This Week in Warhol" names her Mona Lisa

Back in October, I shared my thoughts on Hackney Diamonds, the surprisingly outstanding new studio album by The Rolling Stones. In that review, I called the record my favorite I’d heard this year up to that point, and here, two months down the road, I am still content to call the Stones’ latest my favorite album of 2023. But as we draw ever closer to th…