Harry Lavo wrote:

Hi Gary, nice to see you on the forum again.

Okay, let me try to explain. I was referring to the performance, caught
live at Brown's club in Los Angeles in 1990. Gene Harris was the
pianist;
Jeff Hamilton on drums. They were playing an extended gig at the
club and
accordingly they are really tight, having fun, and getting it on.
And the
sound is excellent. I've got many (not all) of the Telarc Ray Brown
SACD's...Monty Alexander is not the pianist that Gene Harris is/was,
and the
Telar's recordings, while good, have nothing over the best of these
Concords. So overall, I think this is the best of the ten or so
Telarc/Concord SACD's I have with Ray Brown on bass..you might disagree.

As to my comment specifically...I have listen to this only on
surround..what
I meant was that the performance was so good that I can't imagine it
sounding "bad" no matter what the recording quality was on the stereo
and CD
layers. (I've just given them a quick listen and I can assure you
that they
sound fine but IMO obviously pale next to the surround mix.)

Hope this helps...I agree I was not clear in my original post. The
thing
here is the music...great performance, fine derived surround sound. And
stereo/CD layers that are acceptably good..

OK, thanks - then it was mainly a typo on the word "imagine." Maybe I
should look for that CD. My RBF (Record Buying Factor) hasn't been very
high lately, since I've been so absorbed in video projects and learning
same on my new editing system. That's why I haven't been looking in on
the audio groups much. Haven't seen RAO in years.

Gary Eickmeier